ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228373
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 August 2019 |
| Time: | 15:35 LT |
| Type: |  Agusta A109C |
| Owner/operator: | iFly SA |
| Registration: | SX-HTO |
| MSN: | 7671 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Poros Island -
 Greece
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Galatas Landing Field, Poros |
| Athens-Elefthérios Venizélos International Airport (ATH/LGAV) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIASB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
An Agusta A109C crashed into the sea after striking powerlines. The sea depth where the helicopter crashed is at 4-5 meters. All three bodies, two of the Russian passengers and of the Greek pilot recovered.
Causal Factors
From the Accident Investigation it was identified that the helicopter impact on the Power Cables and its resulting crash on the sea, was due to the following probable causal factors:
- The discontinuance of Helicopter climb in the last 3 s before impact with the Power Cables.
- The Helicopter take-off in an East - Southeast direction under the tailwind conditions.
Contributing Factors
The following contributing factors are recognized:
- The non-detection of Power Cables during the approach to the LF.
- The lack of standardised execution of the risk management System before the start of the flights to Galata LF.
- The failure of the HCAA audits the detect the lack of flight activity proactive approach within the Operator’s OMM Safety Management System.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://greekcitytimes.com/2019/08/21/men-killed-helicopter-crash-island-poros/
https://abcnews.go.com/international/wireStory/search-launched-greek-island-helicopter-crash-65074295
http://www.ekathimerini.com/243734/article/ekathimerini/news/helicopter-crashes-in-sea-off-poros
https://hellenicdailynews.com/2019/08/20/two-dead-found-at-helicopter-crash-site-in-poros
https://tass.com/emergencies/1074306
https://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2019/08/21/poros-helicopter-video-crash/
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1542736/world
https://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2019/08/20/poros-helicopter-crash-blackout/
https://www.pentapostagma.gr/2019/08/%ce%b4%ce%b5%ce%af%cf%84%ce%b5-%cf%84%ce%b9-%ce%b1%cf%80%ce%ad%ce%bc%ce%b5%ce%b9%ce%bd%ce%b5-%ce%b1%cf%80%cf%8c-%cf%84%ce%bf-%ce%bc%ce%bf%ce%b9%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%af%ce%bf-%ce%b5%ce%bb%ce%b9%ce%ba%cf%8c.html
http://aerossurance.com/helicopters/fatal-greek-a109c-wirestrike/
https://www.ifly.gr/fleet/agusta-a109c/ (photos)
Media:
A pilot didn't realise he had passed under a powerline on approach. On departure cables were noticed just before impact but a 'high-wire illusion' meant they flew into them. https://t.co/IPwKVlSKpB #helicopter #wirestrike #accident #flightsafety #aviationsafety pic.twitter.com/Kd6m5aoefu
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) August 14, 2022
Yunanistan'ın Poros Adası Yakınlarında Elektrik Tellerine Çarpan Helikopter Suya Düştü! 1 Ölü, 2 Kayıphttps://t.co/ZYYUz6gkqh
— Kamu Personeli 🇹🇷 (@kamupersonelim) August 20, 2019
Helicopter crashes in sea off Poros https://t.co/bTByIzzDOJ pic.twitter.com/4nAVvKizwM
— Kathimerini English Edition (@ekathimerini) August 20, 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Aug-2019 14:16 | gerard57 | Added |
| 20-Aug-2019 14:20 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2019 15:09 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 20-Aug-2019 15:10 | Aerossurance | Updated [Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2019 15:11 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code] |
| 20-Aug-2019 15:14 | Aerossurance | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2019 15:16 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2019 15:18 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2019 16:13 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code] |
| 20-Aug-2019 16:51 | anapapad | Updated [Total fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code] |
| 20-Aug-2019 17:15 | anapapad | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2019 20:15 | RobertMB | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2019 20:38 | PANTELOS | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source] |
| 20-Aug-2019 21:06 | Captain Adam | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 20-Aug-2019 21:16 | RobertMB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2019 21:30 | RobertMB | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
| 18-Jun-2022 09:53 | harro | Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
| 12-Aug-2022 17:04 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code] |
| 12-Aug-2022 17:14 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code] |
| 14-Aug-2022 11:39 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 14-Aug-2022 11:50 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code] |
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