ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 15183
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| Date: | Sunday 2 March 2008 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  MBB Bo 105CBS-4 |
| Owner/operator: | HeliService International |
| Registration: | D-HAWI |
| MSN: | S-853 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near station Neumayer III -
 Antarctica
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | ship Polarstern |
| ice station Neumayer III | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Bo 105 helicopter contacted terrain while in level flight at a low altitude and crashed. White-out conditions existed at the time of the crash.
Conclusions
The accident was due to an unintentional contact with the ground during a flight at low altitude with high forward speed.
Contributing factors were:
- the contrastless ice shelf surface
- the "whiteout" phenomenon
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Home/homepage_node.htmlDE/Publikationen/Untersuchungsberichte/2008/Bericht_08_4X003_BO105_Antarktis.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Mar-2008 03:59 | Bleiente | Added |
| 10-Aug-2008 01:11 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 21-Sep-2009 10:38 | harro | Updated |
| 27-Oct-2012 11:43 | TB | Updated |
| 05-Feb-2013 09:49 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-Oct-2016 18:03 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 09-Oct-2016 18:05 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 09-Oct-2023 13:58 | harro | Updated [[Source]] |
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