ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 30752
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| Date: | Thursday 25 February 1999 |
| Time: | 16:25 |
| Type: |  Bell 206L-3 LongRanger III |
| Owner/operator: | Helisureste |
| Registration: | EC-GEA |
| MSN: | 51196 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mediterranean Sea, 500 metres off Ibiza, Balearic Islands -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Ibiza Airport (IBZ/LEIB) |
| Formentera, Balearic Islands | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (damage beyond repair) 25 February 1999 when crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, 500 metres off Ibiza, Balearic Islands, at night, in foggy conditions. According to a rough translation of the original accident report:
"The helicopter registration EC-GEA took off from Ibiza Airport at 4:17 pm on February 25, 1999 bound for the near heliport Center Health Formentera, with the intention of making a medical evacuation. A board were the pilot and a mechanic from the operating company. The pilot was instructed to stay in the tower frequency and report making secured in Formentera.
The estimated flight time was about seven or eight minutes, so at 4:26 pm, not having received any communication from the helicopter, the control tower tried to contact him radio. After finding the Health Center Formentera had not reached its destination, the Emergency Plan was activated at 4:50 pm. A motorboat Salvage reported that it had located the place possible impact the sea at 6:28 pm. Subsequently, they were located in the area, distant about 500 m. off the coast of Ibiza, helicopter wreckage and the bodies of the pilot and auto mechanic."
Sources:
1. http://www.fomento.gob.es/NR/rdonlyres/8A3BE156-2196-44F5-AB3E-1C52B4E33D9C/2444/1999_009_A.pdf
2. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1990-1999_32.html
3. http://www.bellhelicopter.com/MungoBlobs/802/70/potential.pdf
4. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2000/2000
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Apr-2015 20:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2015 16:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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