ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 76400
Last updated: 16 November 2020
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| Date: | 20-JAN-2003 |
| Time: | c. 12:00 |
| Type: |  MBB Bo 105CBS-5 |
| Owner/operator: | ADAC Luftrettung |
| Registration: | D-HLFB |
| C/n / msn: | S-868 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Elbe cannel, near Hohnstorf -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Hamburg/Boberg Hospital |
| Uelzen Hospital |
"Christoph 19" crashed into ice-floe covered Elbe cannel near Bienenbüttel and sank. The emergency doctor drowned. The pilot (35) and the emergency assistent survived.
According to witnesses, the machine (height: about 4m) after the successful flying under the well 5 meters high bridge with the skid on an ice floe to be stuck. The helicopter sank after the main rotor hit the ice. The accident caused by a damaged/defective tail rotor.
Sources:
helionline.net (casualties)
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/fahrlaessigkeit-hubschrauberpilot-flog-unter-bruecke-hindurch-188514.html
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/hubschrauberabsturz-sanitaeter-belastet-piloten-schwer-192241.html
Pictures and Narrative: http://www.rth.info/sar71/chr29/aktuell.christoph19-absturz.2003.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Aug-2010 06:11 | TB | Added |
| 11-Oct-2016 16:52 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2019 09:46 | jsm | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2019 10:00 | jsm | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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