ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145823
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| Date: | Thursday 24 May 2012 |
| Time: | 17:45 LT |
| Type: |  Agusta-Bell 206B JetRanger III |
| Owner/operator: | Heliswiss |
| Registration: | HB-XPQ |
| MSN: | 8606 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Eggschwand, Tschäggeten-Alp, Kandertal, Berner Oberland -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | LSZB |
| LSZB | |
| Investigating agency: | SUST |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
An Agusta-Bell 206B JetRanger III crashed into a wooded hillside near Eggschwand (Reichenbach mun.), Tschäggeten-Alp/Kandertal, Berner Oberland.
All three occupants were killed.
Causes
The accident is attributable to the fact that the helicopter collided with the support cable of goods cableway and subsequently crashed. The cableway was registered in the air navigation obstacle register but unmarked.
The following factors were identified as causal:
- Lack of situational awareness on the part of the crew with regard to the air navigation obstacle.
- Selection of a flight path which was subject to risk given the conditions.
- Lack of Floice collision warning device.
The following factors contributed to the accident:
- Lack of a pre-flight briefing, leading to an incomplete flight preparation.
- Lack of markers of any kind on the cableway.
The following factor was established as neither causal nor directly contributory but was recognised as a factor to risk:
- Chronically high workload of the flying instructor.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.sust.admin.ch/pdfs/AV-berichte/2225_e.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 May 1993 | HB-XPQ | Heliswiss | 0 | Bösingen, FR | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-May-2012 23:19 | harro | Added |
| 25-May-2012 08:00 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2012 08:58 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 25-May-2012 11:16 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 25-May-2012 11:36 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2012 07:43 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2014 15:02 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 17-May-2022 16:50 | harro | Updated [Accident report] |
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