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2013 Helicópteros del Pacífico Mil Mi-8 crash
OB-1916-P, the aircraft involved in the accident
Accident
Date7 April 2013 (2013-04-07)
SummaryTail rotor control failure due to improper equipment stowage
SiteNear Lot 27, Perenco site, Loreto, Peru
01°38′07.54″S 75°01′57.56″W / 1.6354278°S 75.0326556°W / -1.6354278; -75.0326556
Aircraft
Aircraft typeMil Mi-8P
OperatorHelicópteros del Pacífico
RegistrationOB-1916-P
Flight originIquitos, Loreto, Peru
DestinationLot 67, Perenco site, Loreto, Peru
Occupants13
Passengers9
Crew4
Fatalities13
Survivors0

On 7 April 2013, a Mil Mi-8 helicopter operated by Helicópteros del Pacífico (Helipac) broke up in flight and crashed en route from Iquitos to a Perenco site near the Curaray River, in the Loreto Region of Peru. All 13 people on board were killed. The occupants, all Peruvian nationals, were nine passengers and four crew. Among the passengers were Perenco workers and other contractors.

Investigation

The accident investigation by the Peruvian Comisión De Investigación De Accidentes De Aviación (Aviation Accidents Investigation Commission) established that while the aircraft was cruising at an altitude of 700 metres (2,300 ft), a luggage net that was improperly placed in a rear fuselage compartment became entangled with the tail rotor's transmission shaft and control cables, causing the cables to snap and resulting in a total loss of directional control.

The crew then attempted an emergency landing by performing an autorotation, but likely over-control by the pilot while flaring over densely forested terrain resulted in the main rotor's blades striking the tail boom, severing it from the fuselage. The aircraft then crashed to the ground out of control.

References

  1. "Loreto: Helicóptero con 13 ocupantes se precipitó a tierra en Iquitos". Perú21. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  2. "Brigadistas de la FAP buscan a ocupantes de helicóptero caído en Loreto". Perú21. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  3. Informe Final – Helicopteros del Pacifico Mi-8, 7 Abril 2013 (PDF, 61 MB). Comisión De Investigación De Accidentes De Aviación - CIAA (Report) (in Spanish). December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2018. - Alternate URL

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