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| Date: | Saturday 21 May 2016 |
| Time: | 17:00 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B3 |
| Owner/operator: | Elitellina srl |
| Registration: | I-CMSZ |
| MSN: | 4902 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2010 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Castelrotto, Bolzano -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Arabba |
| Castelrotto | |
| Investigating agency: | ANSV |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the landing phase at the end of a short VFR operational transfer flight from Arabba (BL) to Castelrotto (BZ), the pilot spotted the landing area designated for the night stop, where two other helicopters of the same company had previously landed engaged in video filming activities, and made a turn to present himself in the final descent after passing a power line.
Having reduced speed to continue the descent, the helicopter increased its rate of descent despite the pilot's increased collective, until it came into heavy contact with the ground.
The pilot and flight engineer abandoned the helicopter unharmed.
Causes:
The pilot set a landing approach profile such that inadvertently created conditions conducive to the generation of the vortex ring phenomenon, which generated an unreducible rate of descent due to minimal ground separation.
The following factors reasonably contributed to the event
- the pilot's limited experience of the helicopter type
- the wind component at the tail end of the helicopter;
- the reduction in the pilot's level of attention due to an erroneous perception of the simplicity of flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
ANSV
Elitellina Archives
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/7255434
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-May-2016 18:00 | astazou | Added |
| 25-May-2016 14:06 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 13-Sep-2016 14:25 | astazou | Updated [Time, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 22-Sep-2016 08:19 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2024 10:17 | ASN | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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