Date:	Thursday 8 September 2016
Time:	21:17 LT
Type:	Robinson R66
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	OE-XHA
MSN:	0634
Year of manufacture:	2015
Engine model:	Rolls-Royce RR300
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Heiligenblut, Großglockner -   Austria
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Elberfelderhütte
Destination airport:	Salzburg Airport (SZG)
Investigating agency:	UUS Austria
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
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.

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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