ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 76684
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| Date: | Friday 4 May 2001 |
| Time: | 06:55 LT |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | Heli-East |
| Registration: | HB-XTZ |
| MSN: | 1064 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gossau/Gossau, St. Gallen -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gossau/Gossau, St. Gallen |
| Arnegg/Gossau, St. Gallen | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off 04-05-2001: helicopter crashed after an engine failure and stall. Pilot was seriously injured and helicopter was destroyed. According to a rough translation from French into English of the official accident report:
"The accident is because of the lack of control of the auto rotation following an engine failure. Strong probability, [that]the engine failure was caused by carburettor icing. [The following factors] also played a role in the accident:
- Ignorance of the general weather conditions: no visible moisture in air, but very little difference (spread) between the temperature and the dew point.
- Misuse of carburetor heat.
- Current Practice insufficient on 'Low RPM Recovery and auto rotation".
Registration HB-XTZ cancelled 26-06-2001
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.sust.admin.ch/pdfs/AV-berichte//1782.pdf
2. http://www.swissheli.com/history/hb-xtz.htm
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=19836
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Sep-2010 09:50 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 26-Sep-2016 15:48 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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