AS332 L2 Super Puma, G-REDO, 3 September 2007

From:
Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Published
10 December 2014
Category:
Commercial - rotorcraft
Report type:
Bulletin - Correspondence investigation
Date of occurrence:
3 September 2007
Aircraft type:
AS332 L2 Super Puma
Location:
Offshore in the Sumburgh area, Shetland Islands
Registration:
G-REDO

AS332 L2 Super Puma, G-REDO

Summary:

Whilst attempting to recover a casualty from a fishing boat, the primary winch cable parted, leaving the casualty and the winchman on the vessels deck. Examination showed that the cable had been subject to mechanical damage in the region of its failure and that the majority of the cable strands had failed as a direct result of this damage. It is possible that the cable became damaged when the swell moved the fishing vessel from under the helicopter causing the cable to lay across its bow.

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Published 10 December 2014