Agusta Bell HB-XPQ

Summary

On 24 May 2012 at about 15:45 local time, a Agusta Bell registered HB-XPQ, operated by Heliswiss, was involved in an accident near Eggschwand, Switzerland. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 May 2012 at 15:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Eggschwand, Switzerland

Coordinates

46.5728, 7.7594

Aircraft

Agusta Bell

Registration

HB-XPQ

Operator

Heliswiss

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bern → Bern

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

CEN12WA682

3 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 May 24, 2012, about 1545 UTC, an Agusta-Bell 206B Swiss registration HB-XPQ, owned and operated by Heliswiss, was destroyed when it collided with a cable and crashed in a mountain forest, near Eggschwand, Switzerland. A post-impact fire ensued. The two pilots and one passenger on board were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The foreign, non-scheduled local training flight departed Bern, Switzerland at an undetermined time. The helicopter's engine was examined at Rolls-Royce North America, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, on April 17, 2013. The examination revealed no mechanical damage that would prevent normal engine operation. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Switzerland. Any further information regarding the investigation can be obtained from the Swiss Accident Investigation Board at: Swiss Accident Investigation Board Aviation Division Aeropole 1, Route de Morens, 1530 Payerne Switzerland Telephone: +41 26 662 33 33 Facsimile: +41 26 662 33 01 E-mail: [email protected]

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.