ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179229
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 September 2015 |
| Time: | 15:10 |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N146AE |
| MSN: | 3737 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2003 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Maquiteria, Villa Duarte, Santo Domingo Este -
 Dominican Republic
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | MDPC, Punta Cana |
| MDJB, Joaquin Balaguer Intl. | |
| Investigating agency: | CIAA Dom. Rep. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter crashed in a residential area. The chopper crashed on a house. A woman who was sleeping in the house was injured. The pilot sustained serious injuries to his legs.
Cause:
The pilot submitting the aircraft to conditions such as: low altitude flight, low speed in a high temperature environment , in addition to the execution of sharp turns, conditions that caused in the aircraft adverse aerodynamic effects that produced a descent with power, which could not be recovered due to the low height.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Local media and personal search, will send more info as soon as posible.
http://www.epa.eu/disasters-photos/transport-accident-photos/helicopter-crashes-in-neighborhood-of-santo-domingo-photos-52184260
http://www.shorelinemedia.net/article_bebade77-7c58-5b74-a2fc-662437afe4e1.html?mode=jqm
http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/2015/2015.semaine.36.pdf
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Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Sep-2015 06:39 | Ignacio Mullix | Added |
| 03-Sep-2015 06:40 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2015 07:13 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2015 07:56 | gerard57 | Updated [Date, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2015 13:25 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage] |
| 08-Sep-2015 17:36 | hexatus | Updated [Embed code] |
| 16-Sep-2015 18:45 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2015 15:47 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 05-Jan-2018 09:36 | harro | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
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