Erickson UH-1 crash in Sarawak
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Erickson UH-1 crash in Sarawak
7 survive logging chopper crash in Sarawak
Kuching: Seven people cheated death Tuesday when a helicopter ferrying them to a logging camp crash-landed in Long Akah in the Ulu Baram highlands, south-east of Marudi in the Miri Division.
The American pilot, Terry Windoschil, and passengers Troy Niemeyer, also an American; Malaysians Tien Sen An, Siti Anang and Sakura Serang and New Zealanders Peter Green and Shand Edwardson suffered minor injuries in the 1.27pm mishap.
Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Talib Jamal told reporters that the N126AC chopper, also known as a US-made UH-1H Bell, crashed some five to 10 miles from Erickson Company's Camp 65 in Long Akah when the pilot was attempting to make an emergency landing upon discovering that the helicopter's tail rotor was damaged.
All seven were workers of Erickson currently conducting logging activities in Ulu Baram. They had taken off from Miri and were due to arrive at Camp 65 at 1.20pm.
Talib said the logging company informed the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) in Kota Kinabalu of the incident and would send a rescue helicopter to the crash site to evacuate the survivors.
Talib said the DCA would investigate the cause of the crash.
The crash is the first involving helicopters in Sarawak this year, just two days after Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy said the DCA would lift the no-fly period for helicopters to the mountainous and remote areas in Sarawak during the ninth state election period.
Last September, three Russian nationals perished when a logging helicopter crashed in Nanga Gaat, Kapit Division, during heavy rain, two months after a Bell 206 Long Ranger chopper crashed into the side of a mountain in Long Singut, Kapit, killing four onboard while one survived.
On June 18 2005 a helicopter, contracted to the Malaysian Helicopter Services (MHS) for Shell Malaysia's upstream activities, was en route to an oil rig from Miri when it encountered difficulties and crashed into the sea about 170km off Bintulu.- Bernama
Kuching: Seven people cheated death Tuesday when a helicopter ferrying them to a logging camp crash-landed in Long Akah in the Ulu Baram highlands, south-east of Marudi in the Miri Division.
The American pilot, Terry Windoschil, and passengers Troy Niemeyer, also an American; Malaysians Tien Sen An, Siti Anang and Sakura Serang and New Zealanders Peter Green and Shand Edwardson suffered minor injuries in the 1.27pm mishap.
Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Talib Jamal told reporters that the N126AC chopper, also known as a US-made UH-1H Bell, crashed some five to 10 miles from Erickson Company's Camp 65 in Long Akah when the pilot was attempting to make an emergency landing upon discovering that the helicopter's tail rotor was damaged.
All seven were workers of Erickson currently conducting logging activities in Ulu Baram. They had taken off from Miri and were due to arrive at Camp 65 at 1.20pm.
Talib said the logging company informed the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) in Kota Kinabalu of the incident and would send a rescue helicopter to the crash site to evacuate the survivors.
Talib said the DCA would investigate the cause of the crash.
The crash is the first involving helicopters in Sarawak this year, just two days after Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy said the DCA would lift the no-fly period for helicopters to the mountainous and remote areas in Sarawak during the ninth state election period.
Last September, three Russian nationals perished when a logging helicopter crashed in Nanga Gaat, Kapit Division, during heavy rain, two months after a Bell 206 Long Ranger chopper crashed into the side of a mountain in Long Singut, Kapit, killing four onboard while one survived.
On June 18 2005 a helicopter, contracted to the Malaysian Helicopter Services (MHS) for Shell Malaysia's upstream activities, was en route to an oil rig from Miri when it encountered difficulties and crashed into the sea about 170km off Bintulu.- Bernama
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From what I understand, N126AC suffered a complete separation of the tail gear box and tail rotor assy.The TGB and T/R have not been recovered. The aircraft was inside 10 mins flying time from the destination. Slight vibration felt prior to no vibration then violent pitch down of the nose. The pilot entered Auto guided the aircraft towards a road, the landing gear was broken (or collapsed) on impact the aircraft rolled, the aircraft was destroyed, all on board survived.
I think the Capt demonstrated excellent, procedure and presence of mind to "steer" the aircraft to a suitable site.
This info is 2nd hand from a reliable source. Any other comments on loss of tail components on UH-1 series would make interesting reading.
I think the Capt demonstrated excellent, procedure and presence of mind to "steer" the aircraft to a suitable site.
This info is 2nd hand from a reliable source. Any other comments on loss of tail components on UH-1 series would make interesting reading.
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Is it fair to jump to the conclusion that as the aircraft was:
1. N registered
2. Described as a UH-1H
3. ‘All seven were workers of Erickson…’
that this was an ex-US government machine operating on a restricted Certificate of Airworthiness?
1. N registered
2. Described as a UH-1H
3. ‘All seven were workers of Erickson…’
that this was an ex-US government machine operating on a restricted Certificate of Airworthiness?
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All four assumptions are correct.
US INVESTIGATORS TO PROBE HELICOPTER CRASH LANDING
(New Zealand Press Association Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)Wellington, April 30 NZPA - A Malaysian logging company says United States investigators will probe the crash landing of one of its helicopters in Sarawak on Anzac Day.
The Bell 205 Huey helicopter had two New Zealanders among the people on board when the incident happened.
The general manager of the timber-aviation company Erikson Air-Crane(Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, Paul Farrer, told the Borneo Bulletin two investigators from the company's head opffice in the United States would work with teams from the Malaysian Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) and the insurance company.
New Zealanders Peter Green and Shand Edwardson suffered minor injuries in the forced landing in the Ulu Baram highlands, while flying to one of Erikson's logging camps.
The US-made helicopter is still at the side of a logging road, 20 minutes drive from Long Akah rural airstrip to which it was flying when its rotor blades failed.
American pilot Terry Windoschil, the two New Zealanders and four other passengers were picked up from the crash site by another of the company's helicopters.
US INVESTIGATORS TO PROBE HELICOPTER CRASH LANDING
(New Zealand Press Association Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)Wellington, April 30 NZPA - A Malaysian logging company says United States investigators will probe the crash landing of one of its helicopters in Sarawak on Anzac Day.
The Bell 205 Huey helicopter had two New Zealanders among the people on board when the incident happened.
The general manager of the timber-aviation company Erikson Air-Crane(Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, Paul Farrer, told the Borneo Bulletin two investigators from the company's head opffice in the United States would work with teams from the Malaysian Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) and the insurance company.
New Zealanders Peter Green and Shand Edwardson suffered minor injuries in the forced landing in the Ulu Baram highlands, while flying to one of Erikson's logging camps.
The US-made helicopter is still at the side of a logging road, 20 minutes drive from Long Akah rural airstrip to which it was flying when its rotor blades failed.
American pilot Terry Windoschil, the two New Zealanders and four other passengers were picked up from the crash site by another of the company's helicopters.
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Undoubtedly the successful outcome was a combination of good fortune and excellent handling by the pilot.
Can anyone confirm my understanding that FAA ‘Restricted’ category C of A aircraft are only supposed to be manned by personnel essential to the operation of the aircraft?
Can anyone confirm my understanding that FAA ‘Restricted’ category C of A aircraft are only supposed to be manned by personnel essential to the operation of the aircraft?
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I understand they had cooks ...engineers...and Camp managers on board....Is this within the scope of restricted category??
Do pax need to be essential to the immediate flying operation or.... can the CFAR be interpreted to include the essential support of a logging operation??
Do pax need to be essential to the immediate flying operation or.... can the CFAR be interpreted to include the essential support of a logging operation??
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91.313
Sec. 91.313 - Restricted category civil aircraft: Operating limitations.
(a) No person may operate a restricted category civil aircraft --
(1) For other than the special purpose for which it is certificated; or
(2) In an operation other than one necessary to accomplish the work activity directly associated with that special purpose.
(b) For the purpose of paragraph (a) of this section, operating a restricted category civil aircraft to provide flight crewmember training in a special purpose operation for which the aircraft is certificated is considered to be an operation for that special purpose.
(c) No person may operate a restricted category civil aircraft carrying persons or property for compensation or hire. For the purposes of this paragraph, a special purpose operation involving the carriage of persons or material necessary to accomplish that operation, such as crop dusting, seeding, spraying, and banner towing (including the carrying of required persons or material to the location of that operation), and operation for the purpose of providing flight crewmember training in a special purpose operation, are not considered to be the carriage of persons or property for compensation or hire.
(d) No person may be carried on a restricted category civil aircraft unless that person --
(1) Is a flight crewmember;
(2) Is a flight crewmember trainee;
(3) Performs an essential function in connection with a special purpose operation for which the aircraft is certificated; or
(4) Is necessary to accomplish the work activity directly associated with that special purpose.
(e) Except when operating in accordance with the terms and conditions of a certificate of waiver or special operating limitations issued by the Administrator, no person may operate a restricted category civil aircraft within the United States --
(1) Over a densely populated area;
(2) In a congested airway; or
(3) Near a busy airport where passenger transport operations are conducted. (f) This section does not apply to nonpassenger-carrying civil rotorcraft external-load operations conducted under part 133 of this chapter.
(a) No person may operate a restricted category civil aircraft --
(1) For other than the special purpose for which it is certificated; or
(2) In an operation other than one necessary to accomplish the work activity directly associated with that special purpose.
(b) For the purpose of paragraph (a) of this section, operating a restricted category civil aircraft to provide flight crewmember training in a special purpose operation for which the aircraft is certificated is considered to be an operation for that special purpose.
(c) No person may operate a restricted category civil aircraft carrying persons or property for compensation or hire. For the purposes of this paragraph, a special purpose operation involving the carriage of persons or material necessary to accomplish that operation, such as crop dusting, seeding, spraying, and banner towing (including the carrying of required persons or material to the location of that operation), and operation for the purpose of providing flight crewmember training in a special purpose operation, are not considered to be the carriage of persons or property for compensation or hire.
(d) No person may be carried on a restricted category civil aircraft unless that person --
(1) Is a flight crewmember;
(2) Is a flight crewmember trainee;
(3) Performs an essential function in connection with a special purpose operation for which the aircraft is certificated; or
(4) Is necessary to accomplish the work activity directly associated with that special purpose.
(e) Except when operating in accordance with the terms and conditions of a certificate of waiver or special operating limitations issued by the Administrator, no person may operate a restricted category civil aircraft within the United States --
(1) Over a densely populated area;
(2) In a congested airway; or
(3) Near a busy airport where passenger transport operations are conducted. (f) This section does not apply to nonpassenger-carrying civil rotorcraft external-load operations conducted under part 133 of this chapter.
