ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 121415
Last updated: 24 May 2013
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Date:30-MAR-2011
Time:10:05 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic EC35 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Eurocopter EC 135 P2+
Operator:BMI (Bundesministerium für Inneres) Flugpolizei
Registration: OE-BXF
C/n / msn: 0674
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:0
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Achensee, near Achenkirch -   Austria
Phase: En route
Nature:Calibration/Inspection
Departure airport:Innsbruck Kranebitten Airport (LOWI)
Destination airport:(LOWI)
Narrative:
Crashed into Achensee, near Achenkirch during a border inspection flight. All four occupants didn't survive.
According to an eyewitness the heli was flying very low when he headed over the lake, after he tipped the water surface lightly he shot up (ascended rapidly) and crashed into the lake afterwards with a loud bang.

Sources:
http://www.krone.at/Oesterreich/Polizei-Heli_bei_Schulungsflug_in_Achensee_gestuerzt-Hubschrauber-Crash-Story-253718


Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Mar-2011 08:07 transylvhwp Added
30-Mar-2011 08:48 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Damage, Narrative]
30-Mar-2011 09:09 RobertMB Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
30-Mar-2011 09:19 TB Updated [Source]
30-Mar-2011 13:20 mhab Updated [Narrative]
30-Mar-2011 13:27 FLYINGBROTHER1 Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport]
30-Mar-2011 13:42 RobertMB Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
31-Mar-2011 12:38 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
31-Mar-2011 16:29 RobertMB Updated [Narrative]
01-Apr-2011 17:14 FLYINGBROTHER1 Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport]
02-Apr-2011 04:22 RobertMB Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
05-Mar-2013 12:15 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
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