ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203605
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| Date: | Saturday 30 December 2017 |
| Time: | 17:42 LT |
| Type: |  CASA 1.131 Jungmann (Bü 131) |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1950M |
| MSN: | E3B-315 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Alicante-Mutxamel Airfield, Valenciana -
 Spain
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Muchamiel Airport (LEMU) |
| Muchamiel Airport (LEMU) | |
| Investigating agency: | CIAIAC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Bell 412SP helicopter (EC-MMC) and a CASA 1.131 Jungmann (NX=1950M) biplane were involved in a mid-air collision accident at Alicante-Mutxamiel Airfield, Spain.
The helicopter returned to the airfield after participating in firefighting work, while the biplane was making a local private flight.
According to the statement of the helicopter pilot, he made frequency position reports on the aerodrome frequency on several occasions and notified that he was on final approach to runway 30 without having received any communication during the approach by any other aircraft.
The helicopter was approaching the threshold of runway 30 and was at a height of approximately 10 m when its crew perceived an impact on the rear of the helicopter. As a result of this impact, the tail rotor of the helicopter fell off and the biplane lost control and hit the ground in an inverted position. The helicopter was destabilized, the crew managed to make an emergency landing in autorotation, reaching the ground in a level attitude although with yaw speed in a clockwise direction, and high vertical speed component.
The pilot of the biplane was transferred to the hospital and subsequently died of his injuries. The occupants of the helicopter were unharmed and left the aircraft by their own means.
The biplane had significant damage while the helicopter, in addition to the detachment of the tail rotor, also had significant damage to the main rotor blades, tail cone and skids.
Causes:
The most likely cause of the accident was the failure of the Bücker to detect the helicopter while on final approach to runway 30 at the Mutxamel aerodrome. The biplane was further back and in a higher position in the approach to land on the same runway.
Contributing factors:
- the non-use of communications by the pilot of the Bücker;
- the failure by the pilot of the Bücker to fly the aerodrome pattern and flying acrobatic maneuvers in the pattern
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.fomento.gob.es/MFOM/LANG_CASTELLANO/ORGANOS_COLEGIADOS/CIAIAC/INVESTIGACION/2017/A-030_2017.htm
http://catalunya.actualitatpenal.cat/es/2017/12/30/piloto-ultraligero-estado-grave-tras-chocar-helicoptero-la-generalitat-valenciana/
http://www.diarioinformacion.com/sucesos/2017/12/31/herido-grave-colisionar-ultraligero-helicoptero/1973290.html
https://www.euroweeklynews.com/news/on-euro-weekly-news/costa-blanca-north-alicante/146997-ultralight-pilot-seriously-injured-in-collision-with-helicopter
http://www.johnfife.co.uk/2018/01/donald-milne-1952-2017.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-42553248
http://aerossurance.com/helicopters/fatal-biplane-b412-mac-spain/
https://www.fomento.gob.es/recursos_mfom/comodin/recursos/2017_032_a_eng.pdf
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http://www.aerodromodemutxamel.es/web/es/
http://www.gcmap.com/airport/LEMU
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Bucker-Bu-131E-Jungmann/2719951?qsp=eJwtjEEKwkAMRe%2BStQuLKNidHkBdeIGQfLTYOkMmYIfSuxsHd4/34C0k6e2Y/V4zqKcCNnnShjIbT4X6hV6on2QaTJe5O%2B63U%2BSSzM81lLLjJILs0L%2B/msJ%2BCUXa6RHnLgB2a0y7Q3gdSh65PeA8jLSuX00OLp0%3D
Images:
Media:
#OTD in 2017: At an uncontrolled aerodrome a Jungmann biplane struck a B412's tail rotor. The biplane pilot died but all 10 POB on the firefighting helicopter survived.https://t.co/XxzxFYa0ly #helicopter #accident #flightsafety #aviationsafety pic.twitter.com/aouxJWQXRB
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) December 30, 2020
Colisión Hc - Aeroplano🛫 en el aeródromo de #Mutxamel (alicante) la dotación del 🚁 volvía de#IFCulla. Se ha evacuado🚑 el piloto del aeroplano. 📸FB @Batallont15 pic.twitter.com/uogTI3RNfo
— Guillem Franco (@guillemfrank) December 30, 2017
Aquestes imatges són de l'avioneta sinistrada a l' #Accident Aeròdrom #Mutxamel. pic.twitter.com/1owJDWCHdE
— GVA 112CV (@GVA112) December 30, 2017
Un herido muy grave al colisionar su ultraligero con un helicóptero en el aeródromo de Mutxamel https://t.co/83Tk2ZCmMc via @informacion_es pic.twitter.com/SQvLiCc6PU
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 31 décembre 2017
Tomorrow's North-East, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen front page:#scotpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday #SkyPapers pic.twitter.com/kmwVsgF3X6
— The Press & Journal (@pressjournal) January 2, 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2017 19:44 | gerard57 | Added |
| 30-Dec-2017 19:51 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2017 20:03 | Aviación Digital | Updated [Total occupants, Phase, Embed code, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 30-Dec-2017 20:45 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2017 21:42 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 31-Dec-2017 09:09 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location] |
| 31-Dec-2017 10:08 | Aerossurance | Updated [Total fatalities, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 31-Dec-2017 10:11 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Embed code] |
| 31-Dec-2017 18:16 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 31-Dec-2017 18:38 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 31-Dec-2017 19:07 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 01-Jan-2018 13:08 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2018 12:08 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Plane category] |
| 02-Jan-2018 12:08 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 02-Jan-2018 22:44 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2018 22:47 | Aerossurance | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 02-Jan-2018 22:50 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code] |
| 03-Jan-2018 13:25 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 03-Jan-2018 15:52 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 04-Jan-2018 20:29 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 10-Jan-2018 19:38 | harro | Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2018 12:36 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 28-Dec-2018 14:18 | Aerossurance | Updated [Registration] |
| 28-Dec-2018 14:19 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2018 10:31 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Dec-2020 09:49 | Aerossurance | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Accident report] |
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