- Date
- September 6, 2016, 11:25 local (11:25 UTC)
- Place
- Rzeszow, Poland
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- SP-YLNUNknown Hummingbird 300LS
- Defining event
- Standing-engine(s) operating: Fire/smoke (non-impact)
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 93996
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Sequence of events
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Factual narrative
On September 6, 2016, at 1125 UTC, an amateur built Hummingbird 300LS helicopter, Polish registration SP-YLN, caught fire during the on-ground cool down period following the first hovering flight of the helicopter after being built. The accident occurred at the Rzeszow Jasionka Airport (EPRZ) , Rzeszow, Poland. The pilot was not injured. The helicopter was substantially damaged. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained for the Government of Poland. The State Commission of Aircraft Accident Investigation (SCAAI) Ministry of Transport and Maritime Economy ul. Chalubinskiego 4/6 00-928 Warszawa 67 Poland
Aircraft
- Registration
- SP-YLN
- Reported as
- UNknown Hummingbird 300LS
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground