ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184840
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| Date: | Thursday 25 February 2016 |
| Time: | c. 20:00 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter EC 135T2+ |
| Owner/operator: | Bundespolizei |
| Registration: | D-HVBB |
| MSN: | 0146 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bimöhlen -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Aerial patrol |
| Departure airport: | EDHX |
| EDHX | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The aircraft was supporting a night police training mission. NVGs were in use. The helicopter came down nearly vertically from a low hover after a Loss of Control.
The helicopter crashed on a farm, a few hundred meters away from a football field. The footballers immediately ran to the crash site, alerted paramedics and emergency personnel. They managed to pull badly injured 31 year old pilot who was later transported to nearby hospital The 33-year-old co-pilot and a 42 year old passenger died. The machine belonged to the squadron of the Federal Police in Fuhlendorf in Bad Bramstedt, not far from the crash site.
DWD (the local weather station) did forecast icing upwards from 2,500ft for the time of the flight. Surrounding airports reported ceilings between broken at 600ft and scattered 1,200ft w/ towering cumulus at the approximate time of the accident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Hubschrauber-bei-Uebung-abgestuerzt-zwei-Tote,hasenmoor102.html
https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Home/homepage_node.htmlDE/Publikationen/Bulletins/2016/Bulletin2016-02.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2016 21:33 | sutu5 | Added |
| 26-Feb-2016 08:16 | Chieftain | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2016 08:16 | Jordy | Updated [Registration, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage] |
| 26-Feb-2016 08:16 | dgger | Updated [Registration, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2016 08:38 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2016 09:26 | hexatus | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 27-Feb-2016 10:54 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2016 23:33 | Geno | Updated [Location, Phase, Source] |
| 07-May-2016 11:27 | Aerossurance | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2016 16:07 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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