ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 149205
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 September 2012 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Heli-TV SA |
| Registration: | HB-ZJO |
| MSN: | 4265 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lodano, TI -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | External load operation |
| Departure airport: | Lodano |
| Patrizianto | |
| Investigating agency: | SUST |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed whilst transporting goods to the mountain area.
The pilot was killed.
Cause
The accident was due to a resulting loss of control of the helicopter after it struck trees because of the use of a sling of insufficient length.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.sust.admin.ch/pdfs/AV-berichte/2207_f.pdf
https://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/tessin/pilot-verbrannt-heli-absturz-im-maggia-tal-id2038784.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 June 2009 | HB-ZJO | Heli TV | 0 | San Nazzaro, TI | |
non |
| 16 July 2010 | HB-ZJO | Heli TV | 0 | Orselina, TI | |
non |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Sep-2012 12:21 | Tommy Maurer | Added |
| 18-Sep-2012 12:21 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2012 13:13 | Tommy Maurer | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2012 14:07 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2012 21:24 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration] |
| 20-Sep-2012 03:49 | fantino | Updated [Registration, Cn] |
| 20-Sep-2012 03:49 | drsteverey | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2012 04:16 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Source] |
| 20-Sep-2012 13:28 | drsteverey | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2012 13:40 | fantino | Updated [Registration, Cn] |
| 29-Oct-2014 19:16 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2016 14:34 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 17-May-2022 17:19 | harro | Updated [Accident report] |
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