ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70448
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| Date: | Sunday 20 October 2002 |
| Time: | 15:24 |
| Type: |  Robinson R44 |
| Owner/operator: | Société Rectimo Air Transports |
| Registration: | F-GXAT |
| MSN: | 1225 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pralognan la Vanoise, Savoie 73 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Chalet du Roc de la Pêche |
| Chambéry Airport (CMF/LFLB) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Written of (destroyed) 20-10-2002 when crashed at Pralognan la Vanoise, Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region. All three persons on board (pilot and two passengers) were killed. The helicopter was heading back to Chambéry Aix-les-Bains Airport, after landing at a cottage at Chalet du Roc de la Pêche, on a mountainside at an elevation of 1,900 metres (at approximate Geographic Coordinates 145°19 '40 "North, 6°41'29" East).
The accident resulted from an insufficient consideration of limitations performance of the helicopter to take off out of ground effect at high altitude.
Sources:
1. https://www.bea.aero/docspa/2002/f-at021020/pdf/f-at021020.pdf.
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20120928112413/http://www.immat.aviation-civile.gouv.fr:80/immat/servlet/aeronef_liste.html
3. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refuge_du_Roc_de_la_P%C3%AAche
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Dec-2009 10:24 | harro | Added |
| 02-Sep-2016 22:10 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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