Bell UH1H HB-RXC

Summary

On 20 December 2012 at about 15:23 local time, a Bell UH1H registered HB-RXC, operated by Hanspeter Stricker, was involved in an accident near Ruthi, Switzerland. 4 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 December 2012 at 15:23

Classification

Accident

Location

Ruthi, Switzerland

Coordinates

47.2881, 9.5428

Aircraft

Bell UH1H

Registration

HB-RXC

Operator

Hanspeter Stricker

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

CEN13WA146

1 person had minor injuries.

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 December 20, 2012, at 1523 UTC, a Bell UH-1H, Swiss registration HB-RXC, owned and operated by a private individual, was destroyed when it impacted terrain near Ruthi, Switzerland, following an engine malfunction. The pilot and two passengers on board were not injured. A third passenger received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The foreign, non-scheduled cross-country flight departed Buchs, Switzerland, and was en route to St-Gallen-Altenrhein, Switzerland. The helicopter's T53-L-13B engine was examined under the oversight of the National Transportation Safety Board at Honeywell Aerospace, Incorporated, Phoenix, Arizona, on May 21-22, 2013. 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.