# NTSB CEN12WA682: Agusta Bell, Eggschwand, Switzerland, May 24, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 24, 2012, 15:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Eggschwand, Switzerland
- Coordinates: 46.572776, 7.759444
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5728&lon=7.7594&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 86105
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN12WA682
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/86105/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86105
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12WA682

## Factual narrative

On May 24, 2012, about 1545 UTC, an Agusta-Bell 206B Swiss registration HB-XPQ, owned and operated by Heliswiss, was destroyed when it collided with a cable and crashed in a mountain forest, near Eggschwand, Switzerland. A post-impact fire ensued. The two pilots and one passenger on board were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The foreign, non-scheduled local training flight departed Bern, Switzerland at an undetermined time. The helicopter's engine was examined at Rolls-Royce North America, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, on April 17, 2013. The examination revealed no mechanical damage that would prevent normal engine operation. 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: info@sust.admin.ch

## Aircraft

- Registration: HB-XPQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AGUSTA BELL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Instructional, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Heliswiss
- Registered owner: Heliswiss
- Departed: Bern
- Destination: Bern
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 30, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86105. 119 KB in all.

- Memorandum of Investigative Authority (item 1, .PDF, 119 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40392013&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20of%20Investigative%20Authority-Master.PDF

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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