Date:	Monday 7 November 2011
Time:	c. 10:00 LT
Type:	Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil
Owner/operator:	Air Grischa Helikopter AG
Registration:	HB-ZGI
MSN:	3832
Year of manufacture:	2004
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	1km NE of Ardez, Engiadina Province -   Switzerland
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Survey
Departure airport:	Ardez
Destination airport:	Samedan Airport - LSZS
Investigating agency:	BFU Switz.
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
An Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil helicopter was shooting a movie from very low altitude (according to local press: 3 to 4 meters above ground).
Following a narrow mountain-road through a left turn, the main rotor hit the rocky bluff on the left side of the Helicopter. Accident location reported as: between the villages Ardez and Ftan, Engiadina Province. Official BFU site reported the location as 1km NE of Ardez.
After skidding for several meters the fuselage came to rest apx. 15m short of a precipice.
The tailbom separated from the cabin just prior the stabilizers.
The tail rotor drive remained partly connected between forward tail boom and the 90-degree-gearbox.
Rotor-mast is bent apx. 10 degrees to the left, main-blades fringed at the tip and partly separated from the leading edge.

Two of the four occupants were treated in a nearby hospital for minor injuries.

http://www.engadinerpost.ch/2011/11/unsanfte-landung-bei-ardez.html
http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/HB-ZGI.pdf

http://www.videoportal.sf.tv/video?id=00eb02c3-9377-4276-9b23-5eea3e2dda2c (video)

http://www.airliners.net/photos/airliners/3/3/8/1339833.jpg (photo)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Nov-2011 22:25	medevac	Added
08-Nov-2011 03:04	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
08-Nov-2011 03:06	RobertMB	Updated [Narrative]