ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 33187
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 June 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  MBB Bo 105CB |
| Owner/operator: | Irish Helicopters |
| Registration: | EI-BDI |
| MSN: | S-210 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Donegal -
 Ireland
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Offshore |
| Departure airport: | |
| Donegal Airport | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Ballagh Rock or Carraig an Bealach, The Road Rock, is at the northern end of the channel of water between Arranmore Island and the Co Donegal mainland at Burtonport. The stretch of water is also known as the Arranmore Roads.
In July 1980 the Commissioners of Irish Lights decided that the existing beacon should be re-charactered as a lighthouse using easily obtainable propane, so work went ahead in constructing a landing, a lean-to hut against the beacon for propane gas bottles and equipment, an access ladder to the lantern on top of the beacon and a path way from the landing to the beacon.
Early in June 1981 the contracted Irish Helicopters Bölkow 105, EI-BDI, ditched whilst conveying an underslung skip of concrete blocks for the landing, when flying between the cement factory at Arlands and Ballagh Rocks. Fortunately the pilot managed to get clear of the sinking helicopter and swam to the nearby rocks where he was picked up by the attending boat and taken to Burtonport.
Sources:
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/mbb.pdf
https://www.irishlights.ie/tourism/our-lighthouses/ballagh-rocks.aspx
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 December 1975 | LQ-LSX | Policía de la Provincia de Buenos Aires | 2 | La Plata, BA |  |
w/o |
| Law Enforcement | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Aug-2010 16:10 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Country, Source, Damage] |
| 28-Nov-2011 03:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Oct-2012 10:44 | TB | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2023 05:06 | sergio_molitor | Updated [[Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
| 02-Jul-2023 11:45 | Anon. | Updated [[[Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]]] |
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