Date:	Wednesday 21 December 2016
Time:	15:25
Type:	Aérospatiale AS 350BA Ecureuil
Owner/operator:	Ariane Srl
Registration:	I-ELTE
MSN:	1477
Year of manufacture:	1981
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Sondrio Caiolo Airport (LILO), Caiolo, Lombardy -   Italy
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
During a training flight, performing a simulated hydraulic failure maneuver, the helicopter landed in an uncoordinated way. Main rotor blades contacted the ground and crew finally hard landed the helicopter which sustained serious damage.

Cause: la causa dell’evento è ascrivibile all’area del fattore umano. Il pilota in addestramento non ha gestito correttamente la manovra di “avaria idraulica simulata”, mentre l’istruttore non è prontamente intervenuto per il recupero dell’aeromobile nell’incipienza della deviazione dallo standard esecutivo previsto per la manovra stessa.

https://www.ilgiorno.it/sondrio/cronaca/elicottero-caduto-1.2769792
http://www.ansv.it/It/Detail_relazioni.asp?ID=2022
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.dgualdo.it/regs05/ielte.htm]
https://www.bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/event/accident-to-the-helicopter-as350-registered-i-elte-on-21122016-at-caiolo-investigation-led-by-ansv-italy/
http://www.ansv.it/cgi-bin/ita/18%20relazioni%20brevi.pdf (pg. 41,42)

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


18 March 1985	I-ELTE	Elitecnica Italiana srl	0	Colle del Lys, Graian (TO)		sub
Heavy landing
22 January 1991	I-ELTE	Eli Alpi srl	0	Ponte di Legno,Valcamonica		sub

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29-Dec-2016 13:31	Aerossurance	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ]
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