ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146567
Last updated: 23 May 2013
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| Date: | 29-JUN-2012 |
| Time: | 07:05 UTC |
| Type: |  Hughes 500D |
| Operator: | Hahn Helicopter Flugdienste |
| Registration: | D-HLUX |
| C/n / msn: | 29-0450D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bernkastel area, near Lieser -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
Helicopter hit powerline mast during spray ops and crashed upside down into a vineyard near Lieser.
The helicopter, a Hughes 500D, D-HLUX, was destroyed and the sole pilot onboard received fatal injuries.
Sources:
http://regionales.t-online.de/hubschrauberabsturz-an-der-mosel-pilot-stirbt/id_57585338/index
http://forum.helionline.net/viewtopic.php?t=7843
http://www.volksfreund.de/nachrichten/region/mosel/aktuell/Heute-in-der-Mosel-Zeitung-26-jaehriger-Pilot-stirbt-bei-Hubschrauber-Absturz-in-den-Weinbergen;art671,3204592
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120702X51100&key=1
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/D-HLUX.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jun-2012 11:37 | aeronaut | Added |
| 29-Jun-2012 11:39 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2012 11:45 | harro | Updated [Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2012 08:15 | Geno | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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