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| Date: | Monday 25 March 2019 |
| Time: | 09:45 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Ecocopter S.A. |
| Registration: | CC-AEM |
| MSN: | 7157 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Colliguay, Quilpué -
 Chile
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | DGAC Chile |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter with two pilots was carrying four power lines workers between two locations in the sector of Colliguay de Los Yuyos, Commune of Quilpué, Chile.
After the take-off, bound for the heliport of the base of operations and while it was moving along a ravine, it impacted repeatedly against some trees, ending up crashing sideways, with the base of a hill.
As a result, all the occupants died and the helicopter was destroyed by fire.
MOST LIKELY CAUSE:
Loss of control in flight of the helicopter, due to the various impacts against obstacles (trees and rocks), which caused the detachment of parts of the aircraft, during the trajectory of descent through a ravine, ending in a crash and fire.
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
Failure to maintain a safe height from the ground and/or higher obstacles.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://pucvmultimedios.cl/noticia.php?nid=54891
http://web.observador.cl/interchile-confirmo-que-suben-a-6-los-fallecidos-tras-caida-de-helicoptero-en-colliguay/
https://www.24horas.cl/nacional/fallecen-los-seis-ocupantes-del-helicoptero-que-capoto-en-quilpue-3190923
https://www.chileokulto.cl/ultimo-minuto-helicoptero-que-trasladaba-a-trabajadores-capoto-en-colliguay-y-dejo-cuatro-personas-fallecidas/?cn-reloaded=1
http://www.revistaei.cl/2019/03/25/caida-helicoptero-quilpue-deja-cuatro-muertos/
https://www.dgac.gob.cl/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1891.pdf
Location
Media:
DGAC confirma accidente helicóptero SA-350 matrícula CC-AEM en sector Colliguay /Quilpué .. Personal de la DGAC se dirige al lugar para iniciar la investigación correspondiente. @biobio @Mega @adnradiochile @Cooperativa @Emol
— DGAC Chile (@DGACChile) March 25, 2019
🔴#ACTUALIZACIÓN #colliguay : La empresa InterChile, responsable de construir la carretera eléctrica Cardones Polpaico, confirmó este mediodía que son seis las víctimas fatales del accidente de esta mañana ➡️https://t.co/wxmoZg86ND pic.twitter.com/6N8z1oClj2
— Diario El Observador (@eo_enlinea) 25 mars 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2019 17:42 | gerard57 | Added |
| 25-Mar-2019 18:02 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Mar-2019 18:39 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Mar-2019 18:50 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Mar-2019 18:53 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Mar-2019 18:59 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Mar-2019 19:00 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Mar-2019 21:24 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Nature, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Mar-2019 07:59 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Photo, ] |
| 26-Mar-2019 08:00 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code, Photo, ] |
| 26-Mar-2019 16:00 | Aerossurance | Updated [Nature, ] |
| 29-Aug-2020 17:12 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Source, ] |
| 29-Aug-2020 17:26 | harro | Updated [Phase, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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