ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 194150
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| Date: | Sunday 12 March 2017 |
| Time: | 17:14 LT |
| Type: |  Robinson R44 II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-DORM |
| MSN: | 12330 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Carlingford, Co Louth -
 Ireland
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Derryogue, Co Down |
| Carlingford, Co Louth | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While approaching to land at a site on the Pilot’s property beside his house near Carlingford, Co. Louth, control of the helicopter was lost. This resulted in the helicopter’s main rotor making contact with the surface of a public road before the helicopter impacted with dense trees/shrubs in the garden of a neighbour’s house. The helicopter was destroyed. There was no fire. The Pilot and the one Passenger on board sustained serious injuries and were subsequently freed from the helicopter wreckage by the emergency services, before they were taken to hospital.
Probable Cause: Loss of control while approaching to land.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/father-and-son-seriously-injured-after-helicopter-crash-in-co-louth-1.3007611
https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0312/859169-helicopter-crash-louth/
http://www.aaiu.ie/node/1249
Images:
Photo: AAIU
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2017 19:31 | gerard57 | Added |
| 12-Mar-2017 22:01 | Geno | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 12-Mar-2017 23:28 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2017 08:40 | anon | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source] |
| 13-Mar-2017 09:07 | CTYONE | Updated [Cn] |
| 13-Mar-2017 11:14 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2017 14:34 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 28-Sep-2018 11:12 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Sep-2018 17:44 | harro | Updated [Phase, Embed code, Narrative, Photo, Accident report, ] |
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