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Date: | Tuesday 28 February 2012 |
Time: | c. 19:40 LT |
Type: | Aérospatiale MH-65D Dolphin (SA 365N) |
Owner/operator: | US Coast Guard (USCG) |
Registration: | 6535 |
MSN: | 6185 |
Year of manufacture: | 1986 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | off Point Clear, Mobile Bay, AL -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Mobile Municipal Airport, AL (MOB/KMOB) |
Destination airport: | Mobile Municipal Airport, AL (MOB/KMOB) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed during SAR training mission.
Causal factors: A lack of established flight manual procedures for inadvertently entering instrument flight conditions, and a lack of recent over water night and night vision goggle flying by the pilot were identified as contributing factors.
Sources:
http://www.check-six.com/lib/Coast_Guard_Aviation_Casualties.htm http://coastguardnews.com/coast-guard-releases-final-report-on-fatal-alabama-helicopter-crash/2013/09/27/ https://www.al.com/live/2012/03/wreckage_of_coast_guard_helico.html https://www.airmedandrescue.com/latest/news/update-fatal-mobile-bay-crash-uscg-helicopter https://media.defense.gov/2017/Oct/05/2001823263/-1/-1/0/FAAICRASHOFCG6535.PDF Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2012 10:14 |
TB |
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31-Aug-2014 19:29 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
30-Sep-2016 15:19 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Operator] |
20-Jan-2019 12:02 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
06-Jul-2024 13:08 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
06-Jul-2024 17:10 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
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