SAFARI 400 D-HEDV

Summary

On 18 February 2012 at about 12:15 local time, a SAFARI 400 registered D-HEDV, operated by Gustl Schrempp, was involved in an accident near Lahr, Germany. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 February 2012 at 12:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Lahr, Germany

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

SAFARI 400

Registration

D-HEDV

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Gustl Schrempp

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN12WA400

1 person 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 February 18, 2011, a Canadian Home Rotors (CHR) Safari 400 kit-built helicopter, German registration D-HEDV, operated by a private owner, was destroyed when during takeoff the helicopter departed controlled flight and impacted on the runway at Lahr, Germany. The pilot, the sole person on board, was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight that was originated when the accident occurred. During takeoff, one of the tail rotor blades separated at the tail rotor spindle. The helicopter subsequently lost control and crashed. This investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German government. Any further information may be obtained from: German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bundesstelle fur Flugenfallensuchung (BFU) Herman-Blenk Strasse 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany Phone: +49 5 31 - 35 48 - 0 Telefax: +49 5 31 - 35 48 246 www.bfu-web.de This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the BFU of Germany.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.