ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137789
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| Date: | Friday 29 July 2011 |
| Time: | 10:00 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | OAS Helicopter Limited |
| Registration: | 5N-BKA |
| MSN: | 3994 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oke Oba Hill in Ikonifin, near Ife Odan -
 Nigeria
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Lagos |
| Ilorin | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB Nigeria |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The National Emergency Relief Agency NEMA yesterday said it has recovered the bodies of three victims killed in helicopter crash in Ife-Odan, Osun State on Friday.
According to NEMA's Director-General, Sani Sidi, in a statement made available to Sunday Champion yesterday in Lagos, the crashed helicopter wreckage was discovered "about 10 kilometres west of Ife-Odan on a mountain range", between Ife-Odan and Ogbomosho.
The aircraft departed airline's helipad in Maryland, Lagos a 9.25am. The chairman/chief executive of Bacita Sugar Company Josephine Oluwadamilola Kuteyi, her personal assistant Adedoyin Ogunbanjo and their Filipino pilot were killed after impacting terrain.
Causal Factor:
The non-adherence of the Pilot to Visual Flight Rules of clear-of cloud and obstacles
while maintaining ground contact at all times led to Controlled Flight into Terrain
(CFIT).
Contributory Factors:
i. The Pilot was not Instrument Rated.
ii. The pilot's lack of route familiarization.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://allafrica.com/stories/201108012083.html
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/07/oas-ill-fated-helicopter-crash-victims-remains-recovered/
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/08/aib-to-carry-out-post-mortem-on-helicopter-crash-victims/
http://aib.gov.ng/files/OAS-Helicopters-Ecuruiel-A350-B2-5N-BKA.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Aug-2011 13:59 | Black Typhoon | Added |
| 01-Aug-2011 14:00 | Black Typhoon | Updated [Time] |
| 01-Aug-2011 16:07 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 01-Aug-2011 20:24 | Black Typhoon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 02-Aug-2011 00:44 | Black Typhoon | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 27-Apr-2013 16:37 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2016 16:53 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2017 23:29 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 13-Mar-2017 23:30 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2017 23:31 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 15-Mar-2017 18:05 | harro | Updated [Date, Source] |
| 25-May-2021 08:06 | harro | Updated [Accident report] |
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