- Date
- December 28, 2016, 08:44 local (08:44 UTC)
- Place
- North Sea, UK, United Kingdom
- Injuries
- 11 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- G-WNSRSikorsky S92
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of tail rotor effectiveness
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 94568
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On December 28, 2016, G-WNSR, a Sikorsky S-92A helicopter had a heavy landing on the deck of an offshore platform in the North Sea. The 11 persons on-board were not injured. This accident/incident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the government of the United Kingdom and contains only information released by or obtained from the government of the United Kingdom. Further information may be obtained from: Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) Farnborough House Berkshire Copse Road Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 2HH United Kingdom https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/air-accidents-investigation-branch
Aircraft
- Registration
- G-WNSR
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S92 (A)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 92-0250
- Engines
- GE CT7-8A, 2,520 horsepower, turbo shaftGE CT7-8A, 2,520 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown