- Date
- March 16, 2011, 07:18 local (07:18 UTC)
- Place
- Zakum Field, United Arab Emirates
- Injuries
- 11 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- A6-FLVBell 412 - EP
- Defining event
- Standing-engine(s) operating: Landing gear collapse
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 88545
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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 March 16, 2011, about 0718 coordinated universal time, a Bell 412EP helicopter, United Arab Emirates (UAE) registration A6-FLV, experienced a failure of the landing gear aft cross tube during loading of the helicopter at Zakum Field, UAE. The investigation is under the direction of the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of the UAE. As the state of design of the helicopter, the NTSB has been requested to assist the GCAA in their investigation. All inquiries concerning this investigation should be directed to: General Civil Aviation Authority Investigation Sector PO Box 6558 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Tel: +971 2 4447666 Fax: +971 2 4054535 Email: info@gcaa.gov.ae
Aircraft
- Registration
- A6-FLV
- Reported as
- Bell 412 - EP
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 36514
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Operator
- Falcon Aviation Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown