ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138522
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 September 2011 |
| Time: | 09:50 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Chamonix Mont-Blanc Hélicoptères - CMBH |
| Registration: | F-HFBI |
| MSN: | 4824 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Vallorcine -
 France
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Calibration/Inspection |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter hit the cable of a gondola lift while performing an inspection flight. It crashed immediately and caught fire. All 4 on board died.
CONCLUSION
The accident was certainly due to an error in the pilot's appreciation of the position of the obstacles he had decided to clear.
It is possible that the seven hours of flight time flown the previous day in the area may have caused him to become routine or even tired and contributed to lowering his vigilance threshold. The absence of sunglasses may also have reduced his visual detection capabilities.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.ledauphine.com/haute-savoie/2011/09/14/un-helicoptere-s-ecrase?image=2E69956C-2B91-4855-AEB8-C22C35720AC4#galery
https://www.bea.aero/docspa/2011/f-bi110914/pdf/f-bi110914.pdf
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Sep-2011 07:08 | yfpilot | Added |
| 14-Sep-2011 07:10 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2011 08:12 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities] |
| 15-Sep-2011 02:44 | Anon. | Updated [[Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities]] |
| 13-Jun-2020 17:23 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2020 17:23 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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