Bell 206B D-HJET
7 January 2008 · Zuzenhausen, Germany · Fatal
Summary
On 7 January 2008 at about 08:00 local time, a Bell 206B registered D-HJET, operated by LGM Luftfahrtgesellschaft mbH, was involved in an accident near Zuzenhausen, Germany. 2 people were on board and one died, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 08:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Zuzenhausen, Germany
- Coordinates
- 49.4000, 8.7000
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B
- Registration
- D-HJET
- Category
- Helicopter
- Operator
- LGM Luftfahrtgesellschaft mbH
- Operating rule
- Non-U.S., Non-Commercial
- Purpose of flight
- Aerial Observation
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Mannheim → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- NTSB number
- DEN08WA048
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Probable cause
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 January 7, 2008, at 0800 coordinated universal time, a Bell 206B, German registered D-HJET, owned by LGM Luftfahrtgesellschaft mbH and piloted by the accident pilot, was destroyed when it impacted terrain under unknown circumstances near Zuzenhausen, Germany. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot sustained minor injuries and one passenger was fatally injured. The flight originated from Mannheim, Germany. The German investigators reported that the "helicopter crashed during a pipeline patrol flight." The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German government. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the German government or German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bundesstelle fuer Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU) Hermann-Blenk Strasse 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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