Eurocopter EC135 HA-ECE

Summary

On 31 July 2008 at about 01:40 local time, a Eurocopter EC135 registered HA-ECE, operated by OMSZ Légimento Kht, was involved in an accident near Kiskunlachaza, Hungary. 5 people were on board and 2 died, one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 July 2008 at 01:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Kiskunlachaza, Hungary

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Eurocopter EC135

Registration

HA-ECE

Category

Helicopter

Engines

2

Operator

OMSZ Légimento Kht

Operating rule

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

ENG08WA034

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On July 31, 2008, at approximately 1343 local time, an OMSZ Legimento Kht Eurocopter, EC-135 T2, having registration HA-ECE crashed as it was attempting an emergency landing about 2.2 kilometers directly south of Budapest, near Kiskunlachaza Hungary. The MEDIC-14 helicopter was transporting a burn victim from Paks, Hungary to Budapest when radar contact was lost. The Transportation Safety Bureau of Hungary is conducting a full investigation into this accident. The NTSB has assigned a US accredited representative as the state of manufacture under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information obtained from, or released by the government of Hungary.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.