Incident Aérospatiale SA 365C1 Dauphin I-CMBR,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 32193
 
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Date:Sunday 7 January 1996
Time:15:03
Type:Silhouette image of generic AS65 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aérospatiale SA 365C1 Dauphin
Owner/operator:Aeroveneta/Croce Bianca Elisoccorso
Registration: I-CMBR
MSN: 5008
Year of manufacture:1979
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Bolzano (Bozen) -   Italy
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Ambulance
Departure airport:Ospedale San Maurizio heliport
Destination airport:Brunico
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The rescue Helicopter Pelikan 1 was in departure for a secondary mission inbound Brunico Hospital. Lost power in both engines shortly after take-off. The cause was a flame out of both engines due to ingestion of snow. As a result of the low altitude double Engine Failure a proper autorotation was impossible. The helicopter nearly crashed into a building. The Pilot (Cpt. Kopfsguter) turned the helicopter into a little grassland where it crashed. Pilot Mirko Kopfsguter (40) seriously injured. The rest of the five Passenger (Doctor, winch operator, Nurse, Passenger) were not seriously injured.

Sources:

http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1996_01/19960108_0007.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
15-Dec-2012 13:46 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
26-Mar-2013 19:10 TB Updated [Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Dec-2014 20:38 Anon. Updated [Phase, Narrative]
14-Jan-2015 20:29 Anon. Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Narrative]
01-Feb-2015 21:20 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type]
09-Feb-2018 20:54 Anon. Updated [Departure airport]

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