Final Report S76 (5N-BGD) vicinity Lagos Nigeria 12 Aug 2015

Final Report S76 (5N-BGD) vicinity Lagos Nigeria 12 Aug 2015

Publication info
Author
AOB (Nigeria)
Category
Airworthiness Loss of Control
Date of publication
22/10/2018

On 12 August 2015, a Sikorsky S76C crew on a flight from an offshore platform to Lagos lost control of their aircraft after a sudden uncommanded pitch up, yaw and roll began and 12 seconds later it crashed into water in a suburb of Lagos killing both pilots and four of the 10 passengers. The Investigation concluded that the upset had been caused by a critical separation within the main rotor cyclic control system resulting from undetected wear at a point where there was no secondary mechanical locking system such as a locking pin or a wire lock to maintain system integrity.

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