Date:	Sunday 23 May 2010
Time:	16:30 LT
Type:	Fairchild-Hiller FH-1100
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N8672
MSN:	92
Year of manufacture:	1968
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Mönchgrün, near Schleiz, next to motorway A9 -   Germany
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Mossbach
Destination airport:	Mossbach
Investigating agency:	BFU
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The helicopter was performing a privately organized sightseeing flight and had started in Mossbach, Thüringen. Near the town of Mönchgrün, next to the motorway A9, the helicopter lost height and dropped to the ground. All four occupants were killed.
Cause: failure to carry out an autorotation landing following fuel shortage.

https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Home/homepage_node.htmlcln_030/nn_223970/DE/Publikationen/Untersuchungsberichte/2010/Bericht__10__CX004__Hiller1100__M_C3_B6nchgr_C3_BCn,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/Bericht_10_CX004_Hiller1100_M%C3%B6nchgr%C3%BCn.pdf

https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Home/homepage_node.htmlcln_005/nn_223968/DE/Publikationen/Bulletins/2010/Bulletin2010-05,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/Bulletin2010-05.pdf
https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article7761722/Vier-Tote-bei-Hubschrauberabsturz-Ermittlungen.html
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,696414,00.html
https://www.bild.de/BILD/news/2010/05/23/hubschrauber-absturz/thueringen-schleiz-vier-tote.html
https://www.bz-berlin.de/artikel-archiv/thueringen-tote-bei-hubschrauber-absturz
https://www.mdr.de/thueringen/7353439.html
http://www.mz-web.de/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=ksta/page&atype=ksArtikel&aid=1274600841730&openMenu=1013016724285&calledPageId=1013016724285&listid=1018881578312

http://www.heliweb.ch/sites/800019.asp?bildgross=9001135 (photo)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
23-May-2010 10:15	TB	Added
23-May-2010 10:23	TB	Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Narrative]
23-May-2010 10:38	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative]
23-May-2010 16:05	RobertMB	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator]
23-May-2010 22:01	flyflyfly	Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
24-May-2010 01:41	gerard57	Updated [Aircraft type, Source]
24-May-2010 02:27	RobertMB	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
20-Jul-2010 10:38	harro	Updated [Source]
24-Oct-2011 11:46	harro	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative]