ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227541
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 July 2019 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Eurocopter EC 130T2 |
| Owner/operator: | Servicios Aéreos La Viña - SAV |
| Registration: | XA-VRG |
| MSN: | 7816 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Morelia -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Morelia |
| Huétamo | |
| Investigating agency: | CIDAIA Mexico |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter crashed under unknown circumstances. The four occupants, two pilots and the head of the Ministry of Public Security of Michoacán , Martín Godoy Castro, and the director of the State Popular Insurance, Germán Ortega, were fatally injured.
Cause: CFIT due to continued visual flight in IMC.
Contributing Factors:
a) Lack of flight planning, without adequate use of weather reports and forecasts.
b) Limited decision making capacity to determine the moment to suspend or cancel the flight to the scheduled destination.
c) Lack of communication with the MLM control tower and loss of the crew member's situational awareness, both of the external environment and of the cockpit environment.
d) Adverse weather conditions over most of the flight path.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.unotv.com/noticias/estados/michoacan/detalle/muere-titular-ssp-michoacan-cae-helicoptero-seguropopular-592119/
https://encambioquintanaroo.com/nacional/mueren-jose-martin-godoy-castro-y-german-ortega-silva-en-accidente-aereo/
http://www.vuelosav.com/
http://dunyanews.tv/en/Crime/352458-Criminals-down-police-helicopter-in-Mexico-four-d?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
https://www.transponder1200.com/autoridades-confirman-el-impacto-de-un-helicoptero-en-michoacan/
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/20392_1469852018.jpg (photo)
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jul-2019 17:01 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 24-Jul-2019 18:40 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 24-Jul-2019 18:51 | ErinBensen | Updated [Nature] |
| 24-Jul-2019 20:07 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 24-Jul-2019 20:10 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 24-Jul-2019 20:13 | harro | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 24-Jul-2019 20:47 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2019 20:58 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 25-Jul-2019 05:52 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2019 18:38 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 03-Feb-2022 19:27 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report] |
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