ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 78659
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Date: | Monday 4 October 2010 |
Time: | 6:00 UTC 9.0 |
Type: | Robinson R44 Raven II |
Owner/operator: | Aero Taxi S.R.L. |
Registration: | YR-ARA |
MSN: | 12493 |
Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Maliuc, Tulcea (Danube Delta) -
Romania
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Maliuc, Tulcea, Romania |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:YR-ARA (the second): Robinson R-44 II c/n 12493. Registered 2009 to S.C. Aero Taxi S.R.L.; crashed on take-off and destroyed by fire near Maliuc, Tulcea 04-Oct-10 (3 on board uninjured); registration cancelled by 12-Apr-11
Translation from Romanian langage: Aerotaxi, which owns the damaged helicopter in the Maliuc aviation incident, said the aircraft overturned after the rotor hit the ground and fired, not a collapse. "In the take-off phase, at a height of about one meter, the helicopter had a sudden movement, leaning towards the left-hand side, then suddenly leaned to the right-hand side. Due to the very low height, the rotor touched the ground, unbalancing the device, the airplane overturned to the right and caught fire shortly, the device did not collapse and the passengers were safely evacuated by the pilot ", stated Aerotaxi representatives. They also show that the pilot has a 3,000-hour helicopter flight experience, of which 1,000 on Robinson R44 helicopters, being even trained at the US manufacturing company.
Sources:
1.
https://www.monitorulbt.ro/Stiri/National/2010-10-05/Taxi+aerian+prabusit+in+Delta+Dunarii.html 2.
http://www.stiriazi.ro/ziare/articol/articol/a-scapat-din-elicopterul-care-s-a-prabusit-la-tulcea/sumar-articol/3218270/#lifr 3.
https://www.thai-aviation.net/files/YR_Register.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Oct-2010 06:38 |
transylvhwp |
Added |
11-Oct-2010 13:07 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
14-Oct-2013 17:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
15-May-2017 09:21 |
helicoman |
Updated [Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
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