Date:	Sunday 25 March 2012
Time:	14:35 LT
Type:	Robinson R44 Raven I
Owner/operator:	Helicon BV
Registration:	PH-WQW
MSN:	2084
Year of manufacture:	2010
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	A small lake by Lichtmis, Overijssel -   Netherlands
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Passenger
Departure airport:	Lichtmis helispot
Destination airport:	EHLE
Investigating agency:	Dutch Safety Board
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
A Robinson R44 Raven I Helicopter crashed shortly after take off from a helispot at hotel-restaurant "De Koperen Hoogte" in a small lake near Lichtmis, about 7km west of Nieuwleusen, and sunk.

All three occupants survived unhurt and swam to shore.

The helicopter was salvaged monday morning 26 March 2012 from the water.

http://www.rtvoost.nl/nieuws/default.aspx?cat=1&nid=141596
http://www.regiomeppel.nl/nieuws/helikopter-v-d-most-neergestort-bij-de-koperen-hoogte-update-18284.html

[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.reneadmiraal.nl/blog/index.php?/archives/3427-Helikopter-weer-boven-water.html] (salvage operation)

http://www.airnieuws.nl/movements/hilversum/okt11/PH-WQW.jpg (photo)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Mar-2012 08:12	RobertMB	Added
25-Mar-2012 09:48	RobertMB	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Mar-2012 04:06	RobertMB	Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Apr-2012 00:36	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]
14-Jun-2022 17:40	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, Narrative]