ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 308092
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| Date: | Thursday 14 August 1997 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  Aerospatiale SA316B Alouette III |
| Owner/operator: | Heliswiss Ibérica |
| Registration: | EC-FQI |
| MSN: | 1926 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Las Huertas -
 Spain
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | CIAIAC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During fire control operations at Las Huertas, Spain, the pilot was using water from a swimming pool at a house about 500 meters from the fire.
After the fifth water pick up, as the helicopter was at 60 m altitude control was lost and the helicopter crashed into a grove of trees.
It was determined that, as the pilot was attempting to pick up the 'bambi bucket', the helicopter's tail rotor had apparently struck part of the swimming pool steps without the pilot noticing.
Sources:
https://www.mitma.gob.es/recursos_mfom/1997_boletin_03.pdf
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