AAIB investigation to Agusta AW139, G-CHBY

Landing on the wrong helideck, Amethyst Field, Southern North Sea, 17 April 2015.

• From: Air Accidents Investigation Branch
• Published: 9 June 2016

• Category: Commercial - rotorcraft
• Report type: Bulletin - Correspondence investigation
• Date of occurrence: 17 April 2015
• Aircraft type: Agusta AW139
• Location: Amethyst A1D platform, North Sea
• Registration: G-CHBY

Summary:

The helicopter was carrying out a scheduled flight, transporting ten passengers to the Normally Unmanned Installation (NUI) A2D, in the Amethyst Field in the Southern North Sea. The flight crew were carrying out line training and inadvertently landed on the NUI A1D, which was a similar platform located 2 nm ahead of the A2D in the direction of flight.

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Published 9 June 2016