ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157852
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Date: | Monday 29 July 2013 |
Time: | 20:20 LT |
Type: | Eurocopter EC 130B4 |
Owner/operator: | Mir Aero S.R.L. |
Registration: | YR-BTM |
MSN: | 4542 |
Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Taureni Lake, Mures County -
Romania
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Taureni Lake, Romania |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | CIAS |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:YR-BTM Aerospatiale AS350B-4 c/n 4542; Registered 10-Oct-08 to S.C. Dunca Expediţii S.A. To S.C. Mir Aero S.R.L. by 09-Mar-12; written off 29-Jul-13 at (into) Taureni Lake, Mures County, Romania; killing 5 of 6 on board (3 German businessmen, Sorin Terbea (the helicopter owner), and the pilot; Sorin Terbea’s assistant was the sole survivor).
3.2 Causes of accident occurrence
The most likely cause of the accident occurrence is incorrect assessment of height from the water surface or the pilot’s physical incapacity of reaction. Favoring causes:
a) stress condition, temporary physical incapacity;
b) not using the safety belts systems that the helicopter seats were equipped with;
c) twilight flight over the water.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CIAS |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
1.
https://www.antena3.ro/romania/un-elicopter-cu-cinci-persoane-la-bord-s-a-prabusit-in-judetul-mures-222914.html 2.
http://videonews.antena3.ro/video/romania/operatiune-spectaculoasa-epava-elicopterului-scoasa-din-lac.html 3.
https://www.reuters.com/video/2013/07/30/helicopter-crashes-in-romania-killing-fi?videoId=244492884 4.
https://www.thai-aviation.net/files/YR_Register.pdf 5.
http://www.aias.gov.ro/images/publicatii/rapoarte-de-investigatie/2013.07.29_RF_YR-BTM_EN.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Jul-2013 14:30 |
radu |
Added |
29-Jul-2013 18:30 |
harro |
Updated [Aircraft type, Damage, Narrative] |
29-Jul-2013 18:31 |
harro |
Updated [Location, Narrative] |
30-Jul-2013 04:43 |
Anon. |
Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Phase] |
30-Jul-2013 04:48 |
Vaclav Kudela |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
30-Jul-2013 06:21 |
Anon. |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
30-Jul-2013 11:18 |
Anon. |
Updated [Source] |
30-Jul-2013 17:18 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Narrative] |
31-Jul-2013 15:04 |
MarkStep |
Updated [Source] |
14-Oct-2013 17:41 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Oct-2013 17:42 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
30-Oct-2014 17:26 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
14-May-2020 16:02 |
harro |
Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
15-May-2020 07:47 |
KagurazakaHanayo |
Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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