ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48274
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| Date: | Thursday 14 April 2005 |
| Time: | 11:30 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 206B-3 JetRanger III |
| Owner/operator: | BB Heli AG |
| Registration: | HB-XXN |
| MSN: | 4123 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Airolo, TI -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | LSZH |
| Bergamo-Orio al Serio - offshore | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Bell 206 B helicopter, registration HB-XXN, took off at 10:36 LT from Zurich airport on a flight to Bergamo-Orio al Serio (I). Shortly after 11:00 LT it was observed flying from the Gotthard Pass in the direction of Hospental. When the helicopter had still not arrived in Bergamo-Orio al Serio (I) some time after its scheduled arrival time, a search was launched. At 18:05 LT the wreck of HB-XXN was located on the north face of a rock ridge of the Pizzo della Valletta. It was evident that the aircraft had collided with the terrain and ex-ploded. Both occupants were fatally injured in the accident.
The accident is attributable to the fact that the helicopter collided with the terrain because the flight was continued even though adequate visual references were no longer available.
The following factors may have contributed to the origin of the accident: 1) the pilot's limited experience of mountain flying under demanding weather conditions; 2) a too optimistic weather forecast for the visual flight route concerned
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1984_e.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Jan-2011 04:04 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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