August 30, 2021: Rotorcraft while conducting sling operations made a hard landing on Mount Althorp, Elfin Cove, Alaska.
Helicopter Air Alaska LLC
Date: 30-AUG-21
Time: 21:15:00Z
Regis#: N878CB
Aircraft Make: ROBINSON
Aircraft Model: R44
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: OTHER
Flight Phase: MANEUVERING (MNV)
Operation: 133
City: ELFIN COVE
State: ALASKA
July 10, 2020
July 10, 2020
The National Transportation Safety Board did not travel to the scene of this accident.
Additional Participating Entity:
Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Juneau, Alaska
Helicopter Air Alaska LLC
Location: Ketchikan, AK
Accident Number: ANC20CA068
Date & Time: July 10, 2020
Registration: N878CB
Aircraft: Robinson R44
Injuries: N/A
Flight Conducted Under: Part 135: Air taxi & commuter - Non-scheduled
Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information
Aircraft Make: Robinson
Registration: N878CB
Model/Series: R44 II
Aircraft Category: Helicopter
Amateur Built: No
Operator:
Operating Certificate(s) Held:
Operator Designator Code:
Meteorological Information and Flight Plan
Conditions at Accident Site: VMC
Condition of Light: Day
Observation Facility, Elevation: PAKT, 80 ft msl
Observation Time: 18:53 Local
Distance from Accident Site: 26 Nautical Miles
Temperature/Dew Point: 13°C /12°C
Lowest Cloud Condition: Scattered / 1800 ft AGL
Wind Speed/Gusts, Direction: 13 knots / , 140°
Lowest Ceiling: Overcast / 2300 ft AG
L Visibility: 5 miles
Altimeter Setting: 29.84 inches Hg
Type of Flight Plan Filed: Company VFR
Departure Point: Neets Bay, AK
Destination: Ketchikan, AK
Wreckage and Impact Information
Crew Injuries:
Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Passenger Injuries:
Aircraft Fire: None
Ground Injuries: N/A
Aircraft Explosion: None
Total Injuries: N/A
Latitude, Longitude: 55.766944,-131.416946 (est)
Now I'm not trying to pick the fly poop out of the pepper, but the way this is worded leaves me wondering if it was the chain saw bar or the lineman that was sucked up into the rotor blades??
ReplyDeleteAnd was it main rotor or tail rotor? No injury, so it must not have drawn up the lineman. That wording that the thrown bar was sucked into the rotor seems like a cover story "I didn't throw the bar high enough to hit the blades...."
DeletePoor ol' Robbie took damage and was not even the helicopter's fault.
I've been around helos most all of my av. career
Deletemech, line crew, etc. *retired few yr back"
never saw anything "sucked up into rotor". pay attention to "lineman attempted to throw chainsaw bar"
How can a chainsaw bar get sucked up. It’s not like the thing was paper. Refer to the post name.
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