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| Date: | Friday 12 June 2009 |
| Time: | 20:20 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter EC 120B Colibri |
| Owner/operator: | Helikoptery Wanicki |
| Registration: | SP-WAM |
| MSN: | 1125 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Engine model: | Turbomeca Arrius 2F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jaworze, near Bielsko Biala -
 Poland
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | SCAAI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Rolled over on take-off.
Cause:
A mistake in the piloting technique, involving the introduction of the helicopter into a dragged state of the lift rotor during take-off, which led to an uncontrolled landing and a collision with the ground.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.tvn24.pl/kontakt,9/smiglowiec-przeoral-pole,99081.html
https://www.gov.pl/documents/905843/1047987/2009396RKPKBWL.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jun-2009 05:22 | signaal | Added |
| 13-Jun-2009 11:09 | signaal | Updated |
| 28-Jul-2009 06:43 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 28-Jul-2009 06:44 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 10-Mar-2013 11:32 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Nov-2020 11:00 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Source, ] |
| 04-Nov-2020 11:02 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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