Date:	Wednesday 23 December 2015
Time:	13:06 LT
Type:	Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil
Owner/operator:	CoyotAir
Registration:	EC-KSL
MSN:	4359
Year of manufacture:	2007
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	near La Roza, Parres,NW of Asturies -   Spain
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Fire fighting
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	CIAIAC
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The helicopter crashed and burst into flames in a forest. The pilot, the sole occupant on board, was found dead when rescuers arrived at the scene.

Causes / Contributing Factors:
The cause of the crash of the EC-KSL helicopter was a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) in a degraded visual environment. These environmental conditions caused the pilot to lose his ability to orient himself with respect to the terrain and to make a sudden maneuver of altitude loss until it hit the ground.

Contributing factors:
• potential pilot concern about the position of the other helicopter and possible impact on flight with the helicopter,
• the coordinating task of incorporating the helicopter into a new work area, and
• difficulties in communicating with the other helicopter probably by terrain.

http://www.fomento.es/NR/rdonlyres/A1B4348D-007F-4D09-A43D-7E8A7AED08C7/143661/2015_036_A.pdf
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/helicopter-crashes-fighting-wildfire-in-spain-pilot-dead-1258370
https://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/26854/asturias-forest-fire-helicopter-pilot-dies-in-crash
http://www.europapress.es/asturias/noticia-muere-piloto-helicoptero-siniestrado-parres-20151223135335.html
www.fomento.es
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http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/2015/2015.semaine.53.pdf

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