Date:	Monday 11 July 2011
Time:	14:10 LT
Type:	Robinson R44
Owner/operator:	Cotton Box Design Group Ltd
Registration:	EI-MUL
MSN:	1074
Year of manufacture:	2001
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Meribel Les Allues, near the Col de la Lune, at 1785 metres -   France
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Meribel Les Allues, France
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	BEA
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Two seventy year-old men, an Irishman and a member of the Meribel Flying Club, were involved in a helicopter crash which resulted in the helicopter catching on fire and severely burning the two men.

The accident happened just after lunchtime yesterday when the helicopter, a Robinson 44, struck a clearing just near the Col de la Lune at 1785 metres. The two men luckily escaped from the helicopter and made it to the refuge de la Traye where they called for help.

Pilot was Kevin Mullarkey, age 67, an Irishman now resident in Kuwait. Passenger was Gerard David, age 70, a member of the Meribel Flying Club. Reports quote the aircraft involved as a Robinson R44 Clipper, and the pilot owns Clipper EI-MUL it is probable that it was his helicopter

http://www.merinet.com/whats_new_article.php?id_whats_new=9941&id_back=1
http://helihub.com/2011/07/11/11-jul-11-robinson-r44-meribel-france/
https://www.aerobuzz.fr/spip.php?breve841
https://www.irishpost.com/tabId/60/itemId/11148/Helicopter-pilot-crashes-into-Alps-but-survives.aspx
http://ireland.iol.ie/~asire/eireg8.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
12-Jul-2011 02:14	gerard57	Added
12-Jul-2011 04:02	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Source]
05-Oct-2011 07:19	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]