ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189924
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| Date: | Thursday 8 September 2016 |
| Time: | 21:17 LT |
| Type: |  Robinson R66 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | OE-XHA |
| MSN: | 0634 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Heiligenblut, Großglockner -
 Austria
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Elberfelderhütte |
| Salzburg Airport (SZG) | |
| Investigating agency: | UUS Austria |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Red Bull Air Race pilot Hannes Arch (48) was killed, when his Robinson R66 helicopter impacted a mountainside at night in VMC shortly after departing from a mountain cabin named Elberfelderhütte at 2300m AMSL, near the Großglockner Mountain. The second occupant suffered serious injuries.
Probable Cause:
Loss of situational awareness when flying in low light conditions with landing light on and instrument lighting dimmed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.kleinezeitung.at/kaernten/chronik/5082495/Zweiter-Insasse-verletzt_Air-RacePilot-Hannes-Arch-bei
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/oe-xha#aef8007
http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/chronik/Red-Bull-Pilot-Arch-stirbt-bei-Helikopter-Absturz/250688490
http://kaernten.orf.at/news/stories/2795622/
https://www.kleinezeitung.at/kaernten/chronik/5082495/Zweiter-Insasse-verletzt_Air-RacePilot-Hannes-Arch-bei#image-arch-apa_002_1473403762190703
http://www.kleinezeitung.at/kaernten/5082659/AirRacePilot-Hannes-Arch-bei-Hubschrauberabsturz-getotet
https://www.bmvit.gv.at/verkehr/sub/luftfahrt/berichte/hubschrauber/2016/160908_zb_robinson_r66_85240.pdf (preliminary report)
https://www.bmvit.gv.at/verkehr/sub/luftfahrt/berichte/hubschrauber/2016/160908_robinson_r66_85240.pdf (final report)
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Sep-2016 06:06 | harro | Added |
| 09-Sep-2016 08:07 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2016 11:52 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Photo, ] |
| 09-Sep-2016 14:28 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2016 18:17 | Airkadius | Updated [Embed code] |
| 02-Oct-2016 18:17 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2017 17:13 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 31-Oct-2018 09:54 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 31-Oct-2018 09:57 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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