- Date
- April 28, 2012, 16:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Wuppertal-Langerfeld, Germany
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- D-HARVRobinson
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Collision during takeoff/land
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Inv
- Case key
- 83547
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On April 28, 2012, at 1650 coordinated universal time, a Robinson R44 helicopter, D-HARV, impacted terrain near Wuppertal-Langerfeld, Germany. The pilot and 3 passengers sustained minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German government. This report is for information purposes only. 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
Aircraft
- Registration
- D-HARV
- Reported as
- Robinson
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- General Aviation
- Registered owner
- General Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- Wuppertal-Lange
- Destination
- Unbek
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day