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| Date: | Sunday 9 September 2012 |
| Time: | 16:15 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter EC 120B Colibri |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | D-HALX |
| MSN: | 1278 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Engine model: | Turbomeca Arrius 2F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rossfeld Glems, near Metzingen -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Rossfeld Glems gliderfield |
| Rossfeld Glems gliderfield | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot lost control and crashed during an air display flight. One spectator (45m away) was killed, two spectators were severely injured and one spectator suffered minor injuries as rotor parts and other debris went into the crowd. About 21 seconds elapsed between take-off and the accident.
The BFU say that video recordings of the accident show a typical so-called dynamic rollover. After the sideways hover the left skid contacted the ground which resulted in deceleration and caused the right skid to have ground contact, together with the tail skid it served as pivot point for the tilting helicopter.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
BFU 3X133-12 https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Home/homepage_node.htmlEN/Publications/Investigation%20Report/2012/Report_12_3X133_EC120B_Rossfield.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Sep-2012 11:26 | gerard57 | Added |
| 09-Sep-2012 11:43 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Sep-2012 12:16 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Phase, Source, ] |
| 09-Sep-2012 14:36 | RobertMB | Updated [Cn, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Sep-2012 22:13 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 10-Sep-2012 03:38 | Anon. | Updated [Total occupants, ] |
| 11-Sep-2012 07:13 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, ] |
| 08-Mar-2013 11:02 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 08-Mar-2013 11:06 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Jul-2015 16:14 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Jul-2015 16:21 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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