ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248151
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| Date: | Monday 22 February 2021 |
| Time: | 23:04 |
| Type: |  Bell 429 GlobalRanger |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | SP-KKS |
| MSN: | 57412 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Studzienice near Pszczyna -
 Poland
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | SCAAI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 22 February 2021, around 22:27 hrs UTC, a pilot with three passengers on board of Bell 429 helicopter, SP-KKS, took off for a private flight from a helipad located approximately 5 NM north of Opole city. The pilot did not file a flight plan and did not establish radio communication with air traffic services. Around 22:28 hrs UTC, the secondary radar contact with the helicopter was lost, then around 22:34 hrs UTC, the primary radar signal appeared. It was continuously tracked by a radar system until 22:51 hrs UTC, when the radar contact was finally lost.
During the approach to landing around 23:00 hrs UTC, the helicopter collided with tall trees in the forest and then with the ground. The pilot and the passenger sitting next to him were killed on the spot. Two passengers seated in the passenger compartment were seriously injured. The helicopter was destroyed.
Causes of the accident
1) Pilot’s error consisting in attempt to land without having terrain in sight.
2) Pilot’s loss of spatial orientation during approach after turning on the landing light in dense fog.
3.3. Contributing factors
1) Continuation of flight despite deterioration of the weather conditions below the VFR minima.
2) Patches of radiation fog covering the landing area.
3) Little experience of the pilot in flying the Bell 429 aircraft
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rmf24.pl/goraca-linia/wasze-fakty/newsamp-katastrofa-helikoptera-niedaleko-pszczyny-nie-zyja-dwie-osob,nId,5065887
https://www.bielsko.info/wiadomosci/26520-foto-wypadek-smiglowca-kolo-pszczyny-nie-zyja-dwie-osoby-pszczyna
https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/slask/katastrofa-pod-pszczyna-rozbil-sie-helikopter-6611167099870080a
https://dlapilota.pl/wiadomosci/dlapilota/wypadek-smiglowca-bell-429-kpszczyny
https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetslask/katastrofa-helikoptera-pod-pszczyna-na-slasku-dwie-ofiary-smiertelne/y9prte0,79cfc278
https://www.facebook.com/103470137959237/posts/272458341060415/?d=n
https://pkbwl.gov.pl/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2021_0345_RK_EN.pdf
Media:
Onet: Katastrofa helikoptera pod Pszczyną na Śląsku. Dwie ofiary śmiertelne - Śląsk.https://t.co/6MWutmeirl
— W,K (@WKSG1948) February 23, 2021
w usłudze @GoogleNews
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Feb-2021 07:15 | Luke | Added |
| 23-Feb-2021 07:18 | harro | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Other fatalities] |
| 23-Feb-2021 07:25 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 23-Feb-2021 07:55 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 23-Feb-2021 09:25 | Luke | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Feb-2021 09:28 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code] |
| 23-Feb-2021 09:28 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 23-Feb-2021 10:15 | A.J.Scholten | Updated [Cn] |
| 23-Feb-2021 13:57 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Feb-2021 22:02 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 24-Mar-2021 18:18 | harro | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2023 08:39 | gipsymagpie | Updated [[Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]] |
| 15-Oct-2023 08:41 | harro | Updated [[[Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]]] |
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