Date: Wednesday 2 September 2015
Time: 15:10
Type: Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil
Owner/operator: Private
Registration: N146AE
MSN: 3737
Year of manufacture: 2003
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category: Accident
Location: Maquiteria, Villa Duarte, Santo Domingo Este -
Dominican Republic
Phase: En route
Nature: Ferry/positioning
Departure airport: MDPC, Punta Cana
Destination airport: MDJB, Joaquin Balaguer Intl.
Investigating agency: CIAA Dom. Rep.
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative: The helicopter crashed in a residential area. The chopper crashed on a house. A woman who was sleeping in the house was injured. The pilot sustained serious injuries to his legs. Cause: The pilot submitting the aircraft to conditions such as: low altitude flight, low speed in a high temperature environment , in addition to the execution of sharp turns, conditions that caused in the aircraft adverse aerodynamic effects that produced a descent with power, which could not be recovered due to the low height.
Accident investigation:
Investigating agency: CIAA Dom. Rep.
Report number:
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report
Sources:
Local media and personal search, will send more info as soon as posible.
http://www.epa.eu/disasters-photos/transport-accident-photos/helicopter-crashes-in-neighborhood-of-santo-domingo-photos-52184260 http://www.shorelinemedia.net/article_bebade77-7c58-5b74-a2fc-662437afe4e1.html?mode=jqm http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/2015/2015.semaine.36.pdf
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Media:
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Revision history:
Date/time Contributor Updates
03-Sep-2015 06:39
Ignacio Mullix
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03-Sep-2015 06:40
harro
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
03-Sep-2015 07:13
Iceman 29
Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ]
03-Sep-2015 07:56
gerard57
Updated [Date, Narrative, ]
03-Sep-2015 13:25
Anon.
Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, ]
08-Sep-2015 17:36
hexatus
Updated [Embed code, ]
16-Sep-2015 18:45
Aerossurance
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ]
05-Oct-2015 15:47
Aerossurance
Updated [Aircraft type, ]
05-Jan-2018 09:36
harro
Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, ]
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