| Date: | Saturday 24 August 2019 |
| Time: | c. 16:00 |
| Type: | RotorWay Exec 162F |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | HB-YKJ |
| MSN: | 6468 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2011 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | between Herisau and Hundwil, AR -
Switzerland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Uerenbohl |
| Destination airport: | Alpstein |
| Investigating agency: | STSB |
| Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:A RotorWay Exec 162F helicopter crashed during an autorotation and was destroyed by fire.
The pilot died in the crash, the passenger survived the crash but was seriously injured.
Accident investigation:
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| Investigating agency: | STSB |
| Report number: | |
| Status: | Preliminary report |
| Duration: | 3 years |
| Download report: | Preliminary report
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Sources:
https://www.heli-archive.ch/en/helicopters/helicopter-accidents/24082019-exec-162f-herisauae/ https://www.24heures.ch/news/news/homme-meurt-accident-helicoptere/story/29462023 https://twnews.ch/ch-news/helikopter-absturz-bei-herisau-mann-59-tot-frau-56-schwer-verletzt https://www.bzbasel.ch/schweiz/heli-crash-in-herisau-mann-stirbt-auf-unfallstelle-frau-verletzt-im-spital-geborgen-von-einer-helfenden-drittperson-135455476 https://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/ostschweiz/wrack-in-flammen-helikopter-absturz-bei-herisau-ar-id15481947.html https://www.toponline.ch/news/stgallen/detail/news/toedlicher-helikopterabsturz-in-herisau-00118208/ https://www.sust.admin.ch/inhalte/AV-berichte/HB-YKJ.pdf Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 25-Aug-2019 07:50 |
gerard57 |
Added |
| 25-Aug-2019 09:19 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Aug-2019 09:24 |
harro |
Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 25-Aug-2019 09:41 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Source, ] |
| 25-Aug-2019 12:39 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Aug-2019 14:16 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Registration, ] |
| 03-Sep-2019 17:59 |
harro |
Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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