This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can submit corrected information.
| Date: | Monday 12 February 2018 |
| Time: | 10:50 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus Helicopters H135 T3 |
| Owner/operator: | Heli Austria GmbH |
| Registration: | OE-XUU |
| MSN: | 1271 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Goldried ski area, near Matrei -
 Austria
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Matrei |
| Goldried ski area, near Matrei | |
| Investigating agency: | UUS Austria |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While making a mountain landing at an altitude of 2,260m in diffuse lighting and with recirculated snow the fenestron contacted a bank of snow. The fenestron and tail boom were damaged. The aircraft was recovered as external cargo by a Super Puma.
Probable Causes
• Ground contact with the Fenestron
Probable Factors
• Night passage of a cold front with moderate snowfall led to diffuse lighting conditions and an approximately 5 cm thick fresh snow cover in the GOLDRIED operating area.
• The marshaller identified a suitable landing site but positioned themselves unfavorably on the northern edge (instead of the western edge, which would have been better for wind direction and obstacle-free landing/aborting area) and at too short a distance from the rising terrain to the south.
• The pilot chose not to perform an overflight for performance assessment and landing site/obstacle evaluation but initiated the final approach immediately upon arrival in the operating area and recognition of the marshaller.
• The pronounced snow cloud prevented, on one hand, the recognition of the terrain in the immediate vicinity of the landing site by the helicopter crew during the short final approach and during the disembarkation process. On the other hand, it hindered the recognition of the imminent contact of the Fenestron with the ground by the marshaller.
• During disembarkation, the Fenestron touched the rising ground just before the ground contact of the landing skids, causing it to be pushed upward and subsequently heavily damaged by the rotating part of the Fenestron.
Accident investigation:
 |
|
Sources:
http://www.tt.com/panorama/unfall/14004191-91/rettungshubschrauber-bei-landung-in-osttirol-besch%C3%A4digt.csp
https://www.meinbezirk.at/osttirol/politik/beschaedigter-hubschrauber-musste-am-boden-bleiben-d2405398.html
http://www.kleinezeitung.at/kaernten/osttirol/5370261/Matrei_Rettungshubschrauber-bei-Landung-beschaedigt
http://www.rotorspot.nl/current/oe-c.php
https://www.bmk.gv.at/dam/jcr:6b160314-b50e-4744-beef-cf99b0667f92/180212_EC135_matrei_86073.pdf
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr-2018 13:53 | kae | Added |
| 09-Jun-2018 05:54 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 09-Jun-2018 05:54 | harro | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 14-Nov-2020 15:43 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2023 17:23 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Category] |
Corrections or additions? ... Edit this accident description
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
Quick Links:
| ASN Home | Send Correction / Feedback |
| FSF Home | Disclaimer | Copyright |
| Contact Us | Privacy Policy |
| Press / Media |
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation