# NTSB CEN12WA268: Robinson, Wuppertal-Langerfeld, Germany, April 28, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 28, 2012, 16:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place: Wuppertal-Langerfeld, Germany
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 4 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Inv
- NTSB case key (mKey): 83547
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN12WA268
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/83547/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12WA268

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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