ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137857
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| Date: | Friday 5 August 2011 |
| Time: | 07:30 |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Elitrentino s.r.l. |
| Registration: | I-AMVZ |
| MSN: | 4695 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Celledizzo di Pejo (Trento) -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The helicopter was engaged in operations of aerial job.
According to the first hypotheses, the helicopter was hovering at little distance from the ground, waiting before unloading three workers. Maybe the blades hit the rock, then the heli crashed and caught fire. The pilot died, one of the occupants was lightly injured.
ANSV has opened the safety investigation.
Sources:
http://www.ansv.it/It/PrinterFriendly.asp?ID=1463
http://trentinocorrierealpi.gelocal.it/cronaca/2011/08/05/news/trentino-precipita-elicottero-muore-pilota-4739065
http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=7096471&nseq=4 (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2011 01:25 | Anon. | Added |
| 06-Aug-2011 01:28 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2011 04:33 | mhab | Updated [Source] |
| 06-Aug-2011 09:25 | Certosino | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jan-2022 08:10 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Cn, Country, Narrative] |
| 28-Jan-2022 08:10 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Country] |
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