ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 178120
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| Date: | Saturday 2 March 1991 |
| Time: | 11:15 |
| Type: |  Agusta A109A Hirundo |
| Owner/operator: | Elitrans ApA |
| Registration: | I-GEDI |
| MSN: | 7136 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Capena, Rome -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | SU |
| Departure airport: | Urbe Airport, Rome (LIRU) |
| Torrita Tiberina, Lazio | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The helicopter was conducting aerial shots on behalf Nissan Motors Italia for a commercial. However, on the final fly past, the helicopter began to yaw to the right. Control was not regained, the helicopter lost height and crashed. The loss of control followed a failure of the tail rotor drive shaft
Helicopter impacted ground violently and rolled to the side. It was totally destroyed, fortunately the five occupants (pilot and four passengers) were only slightly injured or unharmed.
Sources:
1. http://www.hhh.dgualdo.it/igedi/igedi-pad-001.htm
2. http://www.rotorspot.nl/product/a109.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jul-2015 12:04 | astazou | Added |
| 09-Jul-2016 20:36 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2016 20:38 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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