| Date: | Tuesday 11 December 2001 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: | Robinson R22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | Gerhard Schultz |
| Registration: | D-HLHL |
| MSN: | 2301 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1992 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-J2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Waghäusl, Kreis Karlsruhe, near Philippsburg, Baden-Württemberg -
Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Mannheim/Neuostheim Airport (EDFM) |
| Destination airport: | Mannheim/Neuostheim Airport (EDFM) |
| Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:On December 11, 2001, a Robinson R22 helicopter, German Registration D-HLHL, was destroyed upon contact with terrain after colliding with trees at Waghäusl, Kreis Karlsruhe, near Philippsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The commercial pilot, sole occupant of the helicopter, was fatally injured.
Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight for which a VFR flight plan was filed. The helicopter was owned and operated by Gerhard Schultz of Mannheim, Germany. The local flight departed from the Mannheim airport at approximately 12:00.
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: WAS02WA011 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?_ev_id=20020102X00004&ntsbno=WAS02WA011&akey=1 2.
http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=1452 3.
http://www.helionline.net/templates/sites/kaa_nzz.html 4. Photo of D-HLHL at Speyer Airfield (EDRY):
http://www.helionline.net/943-210912-426703/photogallery/30/126/11104///D-HLHL+2301.html 5.
http://www.helionline.de/templates/sites/casualties.html Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
| 04-Jan-2013 11:27 |
harro |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Sep-2016 07:09 |
dietmar |
Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Sep-2016 19:18 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |