ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162789
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| Date: | 18-DEC-2013 |
| Time: | 14:27 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter EC 120B Colibri |
| Owner/operator: | Heliportugal, Lda. |
| Registration: | CS-HEX |
| MSN: | 1183 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Vale D'Agua, Monchique -
 Portugal
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | SU |
| Departure airport: | Monchique heliport |
| Monchique heliport | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
After one hour of flight time and after some working manoeuvres in checking power lines for the
electric company in Portugal EDP at low altitude in the Monchique valleys, were the purpose of the accident leg of the flight was to position the helicopter for a subsequent verification of a new power line in the bottom of the valley. The pilot started a turn to initiate the reposition, and strikes a high power voltage lines in the top of the hill causing an uncontrolled fall of the helicopter until hitting the ground, The surface weather on the day /time of the accident was no factor to the cause of the crash.
Sources:
http://www.noticiasaominuto.com/pais/148002/um-morto-e-dois-feridos-em-queda-de-helicoptero#.UrHeCfRdV-4
file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Asus/My%20Documents/Downloads/i006369%20(1).pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2013 17:56 | jff | Added |
| 18-Dec-2013 18:28 | jff | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2013 18:32 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Nature, Damage] |
| 18-Dec-2013 19:01 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2014 10:27 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 09-Jan-2015 07:01 | jfigueiredo | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
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