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| Date: | Thursday 15 October 2009 |
| Time: | 20:35 |
| Type: |  Eurocopter EC 120B Colibri |
| Owner/operator: | Dominican Consul in Haiti |
| Registration: | N871SA |
| MSN: | 1548 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | El Limon, San Jose de Ocoa -
 Dominican Republic
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Santo Domingo |
| San Jose de Ocoa | |
| Investigating agency: | CIAA Dom. Rep. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed into a mountain in rainy weather conditions.
3.2 Cause.
After having analysed the human, material and physical factors, we conclude that the accident occurred because the pilot did not respect the minimum sector altitude (MSA) in which he was flying, crossing an area with mountainous elevations in adverse weather conditions, not observing the minimum meteorological requirements for visual flight, flew under visual flight rules (VFR) in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), thus producing a "Controlled Flight Into Terrain" (CFIT) accident, impacting the slope of a mountainous elevation in that sector.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://sputniknews.com/world/20091016/156484849.html
https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2009/10/16/Copter-crash-in-southern-mountain-claims-3/
https://www.diariolibre.com/noticias/three-die-as-helicopter-crashes-in-ocoa-MLDL219612
http://www.ciaa.gob.do/index.php/informesf/informes-finales/category/22-2009?download=56:informe-final-caso-014-09-n-871sa
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2009 03:41 | slowkid | Added |
| 16-Oct-2009 05:17 | 78Delta | Updated |
| 16-Oct-2009 09:59 | Alpine Flight | Updated |
| 16-Oct-2009 11:02 | Geno | Updated |
| 08-Mar-2013 10:16 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 08-Mar-2013 10:21 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2013 10:23 | TB | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 04-Jan-2021 09:35 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jun-2021 19:53 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated |
| 03-Jun-2021 19:54 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report] |
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