During winching operations, the helicopter’s main rotor blades struck a tree. The crew returned to Archerfield, after which inspection revealed substantial damage to all main rotor blades, which were replaced by engineers.
- Date
- June 20, 2020
- Reg
- VH-EGK
- Make
- Leonardo
- Model
- AW139
- MSN
- 31827
- Location
- 21 km west-southwest of Caboolture Airport, Queensland
- Country
- Australia
- CivilMilitary
- Civil
- Link 1
- https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2020/aair/ao-2020-031/
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