ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200868
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 December 1999 |
| Time: | 12:20 |
| Type: |  Agusta-Bell AB 206B JetRanger III |
| Owner/operator: | Jetclub AG |
| Registration: | HB-XBA |
| MSN: | 8593 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Interlaken -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Made safe autorotative landing after engine failure but the slid on sloping road, overturned and extensively damaged.
CAUSE
The accident is due to an autorotation landing after engine failure from low altitude in difficult terrain, where the helicopter continued to slide on snow-covered ground and collided with an obstacle. The engine failure is probably due to the fact that the helicopter was operated in snowfall without the required complete equipment.
Contributing to the accident:
- Lack of an "Auto Relight System".
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Air International September 2000, p143
https://www.sust.admin.ch/inhalte/AV-berichte/1758.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 April 1990 | HB-XBA | Rüdisühli Helitransport | 0 | Airolo, TI | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2017 08:43 | TB | Added |
| 04-Sep-2020 11:24 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2020 11:26 | harro | Updated [Phase, Nature, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 05-Sep-2020 06:15 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
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