ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58502
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| Date: | Wednesday 28 August 2002 |
| Time: | 18:07 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 206B JetRanger |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | EI-ONE |
| MSN: | 1761 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Croaghskearda, Lisdorgan, near Lispole, Dingle, Co Kerry -
 Ireland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kerry Airport (EIKY) |
| Tralee Racecourse | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot had refuelled EI-ONE at about 17.15 hrs at Kerry Airport (EIKY), and had planned to return to Tralee Racecourse, where three passengers were awaiting collection and return to Dublin. EI-ONE departed EIKY at 17.38 hrs with a planned routing initially to the west and onward to Tralee.
At 18.07 hrs, a woman living in the southern lee of the feature Croaghskearda, which is located in the townland of Lisdorgan, near Lispole, Dingle, Co Kerry, made a 999 call advising that she had heard a helicopter flying low over her house, in very poor weather conditions, and that shortly thereafter she heard a very loud bang, followed by complete silence.
In a follow-up search by locals, helicopter wreckage was found on the south side of the Croaghskearda and was later identified by the Dingle Gardaí as EI-ONE. The pilot was fatally injured on impact. A post accident fire consumed most of the wreckage.
The probable cause of this accident was the pilot’s inability to maintain clearance from terrain after inadvertently entering Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) during Visual Flight Rules (VFR) flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.bellhelicopter.com/en/support/flightsafety/pdf/destroyed.pdf
http://www.aaiu.ie/sites/default/files/upload/general/4225-0.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jan-2009 11:28 | harro | Added |
| 13-May-2013 15:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 13-May-2013 15:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
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