Enstrom 480B N480W

Summary

On 10 May 2017 at about 11:43 local time, a Enstrom 480B registered N480W was involved in an accident near Fundres, Italy. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 May 2017 at 11:43

Classification

Accident

Location

Fundres, Italy

Coordinates

46.8986, 11.6983

Aircraft

Enstrom 480B

Registration

N480W

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bolzano → Linz

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

ERA17WA183

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 May 10, 2017, about 1143 universal coordinated time,an Enstrom 480B, N480W, was destroyed during an infight break-up near Fundres, Italy. The flight departed from Bolzano, Italy, and was destined for Linz, Italy. The pilot was fatally injured. This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo. Further information pertaining to this may obtained from: Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo Via A. Benigni, 53 00156 Rome Italy Tel.: 39 068 207 8219 / 39 068 207 8200 Fax: 39 068 273 672 This report is for information purposes and contains only information released by the government of Italy.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.