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| Date: | Monday 23 May 2022 |
| Time: | c. 16:20 |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Helipoland |
| Registration: | F-HCHB |
| MSN: | 7695 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2438 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rogoźnik -
 Poland
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | SCAAI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During a firefighting flight, while drawing water into Bambi Bucket, the helicopter collided with the water surface. As a result, the helicopter was destroyed. The pilot managed to leave the helicopter on his own and was safely evacuated by emergency services.
Causes and contributing factors:
1) Hovering over water, as a result of which the tail rotor came into contact with the lake surface, most likely caused by a human factor: a temporary inattention and/or delayed pilot’s reaction to the helicopter drifting.
2) Likely fatigue after performing several fire-fighting flights on the day of the occurrence, hurry in carrying out the fire-fighting operation.
3) Focus-intensive control of the helicopter in hover, which was additionally hindered by the swell of the lake surface cause by the downwash and the underslung heavy water container.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://sosnowiec.wyborcza.pl/sosnowiec/7,93867,28489099,smiglowiec-wpadl-do-zalewu-w-rogozniku-kiedy-nabieral-wode.html
https://www.eska.pl/slaskie/wypadek-helikoptera-wpadl-do-jeziora-w-rogozniku-pilot-zyje-aa-ujkd-k9VH-swAo.html
https://www.fakt.pl/wydarzenia/polska/slask/smiglowiec-wpadl-do-zbiornika-wodnego-w-rogozniku/9wwwvfc
https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/accident-to-the-airbus-as350-registered-f-hchb-on-23-05-2022-at-rogoznic/
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/41412_1621531766.jpg (photo)
History of this aircraft
Ex N151RL
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-May-2022 11:53 | AlexV | Added |
| 27-May-2022 11:54 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-May-2022 11:56 | harro | Updated [Nature, Narrative, Category] |
| 27-May-2022 20:12 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jun-2022 07:33 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2024 08:33 | ASN | Updated [Location, Narrative, Accident report] |
| 07-Apr-2024 09:10 | ASN | Updated [Damage] |
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