ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144852
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| Date: | Friday 6 April 2012 |
| Time: | 17:50 LT |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta II |
| Owner/operator: | Best in Sky |
| Registration: | OO-DTZ |
| MSN: | 3847 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Huy, Liège -
 Belgium
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Namur-Suarlée Airfield (EBNM) |
| Namur-Suarlée Airfield (EBNM) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIU Belgium |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter took off from EBNM at 15:20, with a photographer on board for the purpose of taking aerial photographs of the center of Huy.
Three witnesses in Huy confirm that they saw the helicopter making a turn, and starting to hover close to the city cableway cable. After a short period, they saw the helicopter slightly moving aft; they stated they saw the rear of the helicopter colliding with the cableway cable, and falling “like a stone”. The helicopter crashed into a small park, bordering the N66 “route du Condroz”.
Upon impact, the helicopter caught fire and was totally destroyed. The two occupants died from the impact forces.
Cause(s):
The accident was probably caused by the pilot not seeing or losing visual contact with cableway cables during hover flight at low altitude in the close vicinity of the cableway, causing the main rotor blades to collide with the cables and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.hbvl.be/cnt/aid1150297/twee-slachtoffers-na-helikoptercrash
2. http://www.dhnet.be/actu/belgique/2-morts-dans-un-accident-d-helicoptere-a-huy-51b760fde4b0de6db97ae7fa
3. https://www.lavenir.net/cnt/dmf20120406_028
4. http://www.levif.be/actualite/belgique/crash-d-helicoptere-a-huy-deux-morts-et-des-immeubles-touches/article-normal-162929.html
5. https://www.helis.com/database/cn/25352/_
6. http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?p=567015
7. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2012/04/06/twee-doden-bij-helikopterongeluk-in-belgie-a1446080
8. http://www.belgianaviationnews.be/2012/04/two-die-in-helicopter-crash-in-huy.html
9. http://helihub.com/2012/04/06/06-apr-12-oo-dtz-robinson-r22b2-huy-belgium-2f/
10. https://www.rtl.be/info/regions/liege/crash-d-helicoptere-a-huy-les-deux-victimes-identifiees-284244.aspx
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2012 13:30 | harro | Added |
| 06-Apr-2012 13:34 | harro | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2012 15:28 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2012 17:57 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Source] |
| 10-Oct-2016 15:57 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2016 15:58 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Aug-2021 17:00 | harro | Updated [Location, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
| 09-Nov-2022 08:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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