ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 43969
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| Date: | Monday 30 October 2006 |
| Time: | 08:45 UTC |
| Type: |  Robinson R44 Astro |
| Owner/operator: | Copterflyg A/B |
| Registration: | SE-JGX |
| MSN: | 0113 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Katrineholm -
 Sweden
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Vasteras Airport, Johannisberg (ESSX) |
| Hyltebruk | |
| Investigating agency: | SHK |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
This helicopter was constructed by Robinson Helicopter Company back in 1994. It was purchased by a German owner, which operated the aircraft in two years (reg. D-HLAX) before selling it to the Norwegian company Helikopterdrift A/S. D-HLAX was registered LN-OTG on 14 January 1997. Helikopterdrift A/S, which is Norway's leading R44 operator, mainly used the aircraft for traffic-and-news-reporting for the P4 radio channel. It was painted yellow with P4 markings all over the body.
LN-OTG was purchased by the Swedish maintenance company AeroService i Karlskoga A/B in January 2003, and was registered SE-JGX on 1 August 2003. AeroService did a major overhaul, including a total make-over, which made the machine as good as new again.
SE-JGX was leased by Westhelicopter A/B during the winter of 2003/04, while Westhelicopter A/B was waiting for the delivery of its new R44 Raven (SE-JLE). A few months after it was returned to AeroService, the machine entered leasing-service with the new helicopter company Copterflyg A/B. Copterflyg A/B used the aircraft for passenger transports, inventories and some aerial works.
On October 30, 2006, at 08:15 UTC (Univeral Coordinated Time) (10:15 CEST (Central European Summer Time)), Robinson R-44 helicopter, Swedish registered SE-JGX, owned by Helitek Hangar i Kariskoga A/B, and operated by Copterflyg A/B, was destroyed when it impacted in a wooded area north of Katrineholm, Sweden. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot, the sole person on board the helicopter, was fatally injured. The flight originated from Vasteras Airport, Johannisberg, Sweden.
CAUSE: The Swedish Accident Investigation Board considers it likely that an engine failure - possibly caused by icing in the carburetor – forced the pilot to commence an autorotation and turn toward a designated site for an emergency landing. However, in the final stage of events the autorotation failed and the helicopter crashed to the ground at a steep angle, with a hard crash and a post-impact fire as the result. The board states that medical factors may have been a contributing factor to why the autorotation could not be completed in a successful manner.
This sequence of events is considered the most likely, but the evidences available have not proved sufficient enough to provide a safe analysis of causes in the investigation. The Accident Investigation Board left no recommendations.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: DEN07WA018 at http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20061106X01609&key=1
2. http://www.havkom.se/virtupload/news/RL2009_21.pdf
3. http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JGX
4. https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/379833
5. https://www.airliners.net/photo/Copter-Flyg/Robinson-R-44-Astro/1104802
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Jan-2010 03:32 | slowkid | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Oct-2018 22:29 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2018 18:59 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
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