ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 30358
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Date: | Sunday 7 November 1999 |
Time: | |
Type: | Hughes 369D |
Owner/operator: | Good Fabrications |
Registration: | N1096C |
MSN: | 800780D |
Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Kummersbach -
Germany
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Marl EDLM |
Destination airport: | EDRG |
Investigating agency: | BFU |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:A Hughes 369D helicopter, N1096C, was destroyed at impact near Cologne, Germany. The German Accident Investigation Bureau reports that the aircraft was witnessed flying into low clouds, with the intention of coming out on top. The helicopter was observed coming out of low clouds in an uncontrollable attitude and crashing in a hilly area. Both persons on board, the pilot, and a passenger were fatally injured. The Investigation Bureau also states that the aircraft was on a VFR (visual flight rules) flight in bad weather. It is not yet known whether a flight plan was filed.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | BFU |
Report number: | IAD00WA004 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
book "Akte Flugunfall" ISBN 3-95613-410-4 Page 58 "Irrflug in IMC"
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/current/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20001212X20115&ntsbno=IAD00WA004&akey=1 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
12-Oct-2017 19:23 |
Hagius |
Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage] |
12-Oct-2017 19:24 |
harro |
Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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