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| Date: | Thursday 10 January 2013 |
| Time: | 16:40 LT |
| Type: |  Robinson R44 Astro |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | D-HIZZ |
| MSN: | 0109 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1994 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540-F1B5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Autobahn A6, Schwäbisch Hall -
 Germany
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | EDMA |
| Heilbronn | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The four-seat helicopter got caught in high-voltage power lines while low flying in fog and crashed on the Autobahn 6 highway. Pieces of debris injured a truck driver. The pilot and owner (aged 42) was killed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.stimme.de/hohenlohe/hz/Verunglueckter-Pilot-ist-42-jaehriger-Bretzfelder;art31503,2676513
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/one-dead-in-german-helicopter-crash-on-highway-510000
http://www.fr.de/panorama/hubschrauber-absturz-auf-autobahn-pilot-des-unfall-hubschraubers-identifiziert-a-763568
http://www.tagblatt.de/Home/nachrichten/ueberregional/baden-wuerttemberg_artikel,-Hubschrauber-stuerzt-auf-A6-bei-Schwaebisch-Hall-_arid,199945.html
https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/504906-small-helicopter-crashes-motorway-6-germany.html
https://www.airplane-pictures.net/images/uploaded-images/2008-8/8/21219.jpg (photo)
https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Home/homepage_node.htmlDE/Publikationen/Untersuchungsberichte/2013/Bericht_13_3X001_R44_A6-Schwaebisch-Hall.pdf;jsessionid=2A8B30F1232D3442D344222B30FF11AA.live1042?__blob=publicationFile
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2013 12:53 | gerard57 | Added |
| 10-Jan-2013 12:55 | harro | Updated [Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jan-2013 01:41 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jan-2013 01:49 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jan-2013 02:21 | gnomy | Updated [Time, ] |
| 11-Jan-2013 02:50 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jan-2013 07:14 | Kaminkatze | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 11-Jan-2013 08:26 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 11-Jan-2013 10:57 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jan-2013 14:56 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jan-2013 14:58 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 11-Jan-2013 15:08 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jan-2013 15:08 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 12-Jan-2013 01:37 | gerard57 | Updated [Location, ] |
| 10-Sep-2014 19:01 | Aerossurance | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
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