ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 76242
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| Date: | Thursday 12 August 2010 |
| Time: | 08:30 LT |
| Type: |  Robinson R44 Clipper II |
| Owner/operator: | Intesa Leasing SpA (own.) / Rent & Fly Srl (op.) |
| Registration: | I-KOST |
| MSN: | 10896 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Giammoro, Pace del Mela, Messina province, Sicily -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Giammoro, Pace del Mela, Messina province, Italy |
| Isola di Salina, Lipari Islands, Italy | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On August 12, 2010, about 06:00 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) (08:30 local time), a Robinson R44, Italian registration I-KOST, operated by Intesa Leasing, Rent and Fly, as a personal flight, collided with a building and the ground during takeoff from a private field at Milazzo, Salina Island, Italy. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The helicopter was destroyed by a post crash fire and the pilot and three passengers were killed. The flight was originating at the time.
The helicopter crashed into a warehouse shortly after takeoff from a non authorized site; it had lifted only few meters when a blade hit the building and caught fire. The operator (Rent & Fly Srl, Bari) did not possess a COA (Certificato di Operatore Aereo - Air Operator Certificate) and was not allowed not carry out commercial passengers flights. All four occupants (pilot and three passengers) died.
The helicopter is believed to have hit a building housing a yacht factory, before crashing to the ground and exploding, said provincial firefighters chief Alessandro Paola.
The badly burnt bodies of the victims - two men and two women - were extracted from the wreckage, news reports said.
Sources:
1. http://www.ansv.it/It/Detail.asp?ID=1322
2. http://www.ggg.dgualdo.it/ikost/ikost-flo-002.htm (photo)
NTSB
4. http://helihub.com/2010/08/12/12-aug-10-i-kost-robinson-r44-messina-italy-4f/
5. http://www.dgualdo.it/regs5/ikost.htm
6. https://www.avionews.com/item/1120074-r-44-helicopter-crash-in-messina-it-seems-men-are-all-victims.html
7. https://en.trend.az/world/other/1734617.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Aug-2010 06:00 | TB | Added |
| 12-Aug-2010 07:42 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Registration, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2010 07:52 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 12-Aug-2010 13:22 | Certosino | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2010 13:23 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2010 17:25 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2010 20:47 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2010 20:47 | RobertMB | Updated [[Operator, Narrative]] |
| 13-Aug-2010 02:00 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator] |
| 10-Nov-2018 19:21 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2018 19:25 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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