Date:	Sunday 9 February 2025
Time:	c. 13:15 LT
Type:	Schweizer 269C
Owner/operator:	franken-helicopters UG
Registration:	D-HSEP
MSN:	S1451
Year of manufacture:	1990
Engine model:	Lycoming HIO-360
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Hofberg, near Greding, Roth, Bavaria -   Germany
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Heliport Dippenricht
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	BFU
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A Schweizer 269C crashed in a forest in Hofberg, near Greding, Roth, Bavaria.
Both occupants perished and the helicopter was destroyed.


Conclusions
The accident occurred as a result of the low flight altitude on the approach to the wooded slope. The flight altitude left little room for manoeuvre for flight errors, emergency situations, situational awareness and necessary actions.
It is highly probable that the aircraft overpitched during the climb, causing the main rotor speed and engine power to drop, which prompted the pilots to make a controlled emergency landing on the treetops.

https://www.pnp.de/nachrichten/bayern/hubschrauber-in-wald-bei-greding-abgestuerzt-zwei-schwerverletzte-17969458
https://www.bild.de/regional/bayern/hubschrauberabsturz-in-bayern-zwei-schwerverletzte-bei-greding-67a8a8b25ca61a535ce7de5b
https://www.infranken.de/lk/roth/blaulicht/hubschrauber-absturz-greding-roth-unfall-ultraleicht-hobbyflieger-polizei-ermittlungen-art-6052816#gallery
https://www.nordbayern.de/polizeiberichte/hubschrauber-sturzt-in-mittelfranken-ab-zwei-tote-ermittler-untersuchen-wrack-1.14574678
https://www.nn.de/region/roth/hubschrauber-uber-dem-hofberg-nahe-greding-abgesturzt-1.14574565
https://www.ksta.de/panorama/hubschrauber-in-waldstueck-abgestuerzt-zwei-tote-bayern-959986
https://franken-helicopters.de/UeBER-UNS/

http://www.helionline.net/608-140406-415797/photogallery//////D-HSEP/helicopters.registration.html
https://www.rotorspot.nl/current/d.php

https://photos.flightaware.com/photos/retriever/8f060255914a8dfa761929ac5e01464cac2b1d4c (photo)

Ex F-GKAI, D-HLEX, N41S

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
09-Feb-2025 14:14	gerard57	Added
09-Feb-2025 14:29	ASN	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
09-Feb-2025 14:40	ASN	Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ]
09-Feb-2025 15:54	Anon.	Updated [Total fatalities, ]
09-Feb-2025 15:54	ASN	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ]
09-Feb-2025 16:27	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Category, ]
09-Feb-2025 16:27	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Category, ]
09-Feb-2025 17:02	gerard57	Updated [Total fatalities, ]
09-Feb-2025 17:12	Forray	Updated [Total fatalities, ]
09-Feb-2025 17:15	ASN	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ]
09-Feb-2025 17:20	ASN	Updated [Operator, Source, ]
09-Feb-2025 17:45	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
13-Feb-2025 14:21	Anon.	Updated [Category, ]
03-Sep-2025 06:54	ASN	Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ]
03-Sep-2025 06:59	ASN	Updated [Nature, ]