ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153729
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| Date: | Sunday 3 March 2013 |
| Time: | 17:13 |
| Type: |  Eurocopter EC 120B Colibri |
| Owner/operator: | Quantum Invest s.r.o. |
| Registration: | OM-ECI |
| MSN: | 1592 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Horný Čepeň, Sereď district -
 Slovakia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cerenany |
| Bratislava-M. R. Štefánik Airport (BTS/LZIB) | |
| Investigating agency: | LNVU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Helicopter hit some steel rope, stretched between two trees, fell down into the Váh river and sank. Male passenger (13) died on scene, three other were wounded, suffered from hypothermia and transported to local hospitals. Helicopter broke into two parts, one was pull out of the water by firemen, while the second, tail part, still remains in the river stream.
Causes of the accident
- The helicopter collided with a wire rope stretched over the bed of the River Váh,
- descending to ground level above the surface of the River Váh at high forward speed
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://mynitra.sme.sk/c/6722394/spadnuty-vrtulnik-mal-letiet-z-cerenian-asi-sa-zachytil-o-lano.html
http://nitra.sme.sk/c/6721104/pri-seredi-spadol-do-vahu-vrtulnik.html
http://www.seredonline.sk/clanky/pri-seredi-havaroval-vrtulmik/
https://www.mindop.sk/index/open_file.php?file=doprava/uvlni/SKA2013001_EN.pdf&lang=en
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Mar-2013 23:34 | Krystof Pardubice | Added |
| 04-Mar-2013 03:31 | Anon. | Updated [Date] |
| 04-Mar-2013 05:47 | michald | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
| 04-Mar-2013 11:11 | chulian1819 | Updated [Time, Embed code] |
| 04-Mar-2013 23:35 | michald | Updated [Registration, Nature, Departure airport, Embed code] |
| 05-Mar-2013 00:09 | kootcha | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Embed code] |
| 07-Mar-2013 11:13 | Anon. | Updated [Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 08-Mar-2013 11:07 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 21-Aug-2017 20:44 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Aug-2017 21:01 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-May-2023 06:17 | harro | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
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