Accident Robinson R44 Raven F-GUJB,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90275
 
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Date:Friday 18 February 2011
Time:07:12 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic R44 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Robinson R44 Raven
Owner/operator:Working in Flight srl
Registration: F-GUJB
MSN: 0826
Year of manufacture:2000
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Canne della Battaglia -   Italy
Phase: En route
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:Bari Airport - BRI/LIBD
Destination airport:Foggia Airport (LIBF)
Investigating agency: ANSV
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
ANSV, Italian flight safety board, informs that it has opened an investigation on the accident occurred at 8:10 am today, to a Robinson R-44 helicopter, registration number F-GUJB, in Canne della Battaglia (Barletta), in Puglia region, Italy. The aircraft crashed following the in-flight separation of the tail rotor. The agency confirms the death of the pilot, the sole occupant.
ANSV INTERMEDIATE DECLARATION(GOOGLE translation)
During a VFR flight from Bari ("Futura" occasional airfield) to Foggia ("Gino Lisa" airport), after about 30 nautical miles, the helicopter encountered a meteorological condition characterized by poor visibility and temporal. Under such conditions the aircraft impacted the ground in an olive grove.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: ANSV
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.avionews.com/index.php?corpo=see_news_home.php&news_id=1125989&pagina_chiamante=index.php
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20110224X32640&key=1
http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6461769
http://www.ansv.it/cgi-bin/ita/F-GUJB.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Feb-2011 13:12 Black Typhoon Added
18-Feb-2012 22:24 Geno Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Apr-2015 14:56 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]
15-May-2017 11:15 helicoman Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative]

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