Explanation
BACKGROUND:
On August 16, 2012 Division helicopter N551CP suffered a catastrophic engine failure at flight altitude and made an emergency autorotation landing. The helicopter suffered severe damage and was subsequently stored at the Heliport with all of the damaged parts which were recovered from the scene.
The helicopter unit was contacted by Officer Edward J. Cox, #1494, who is also a Captain in the Licking County Composite Squadron of the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol (CAP). Officer Cox requested the Division donate the wrecked items from N551CP to CAP for their use during training activities.
CAP, along with many other missions, is tasked with helping to locate downed aircraft by air and by ground during search and rescue missions. CAP works directly with the United States Air Force and various governmental agencies. CAP conducts regular training exercises by air and ground. As it currently stands, CAP trainers use orange traffic cones and cardboard boxes marked “aircraft” parts,” to let search teams know they have located the aircraft wreckage. Officer Cox informed the helicopter unit that it would be an invaluable benefit to have actual wrecked aircraft parts to be used in their staged accident scenes during training.
The parts CAP would take possession of are as follows:
Part Name Part Number Serial Number
Main Rotor Blade 500P2100105 331A
Main Rotor Blade 500P2100105 332A
Main Rotor Blade 500P2100105 333A
Main Rotor Blade 500P2100105 334A
Main Rotor Blade 500P2100105 335A
Tail Rotor Blade 369D21641-507 6084-B531
Tail Rotor Blade 369D21641-507 6084-B534
Tail Rotor Blade 500P3100305 B529
Tail Rotor Blade 500P3100305 B533
Horizontal Stabilizer 421-087-905 7604-0965
Partial Tail Boom 369D23500-50 005651-0227
Miscellaneous Metal Scraps N/A N/A
It is recommended that the wrecked aircraft parts be donated to the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol (CAP). These parts will be a ...
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