- Date
- January 23, 2018, 12:07 local (12:07 UTC)
- Place
- Oberhausen-Rheinhausen, Germany
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- HB-PGFPiper PA-28RT-201TD-HDRVEurocopter EC135
- Defining events
- Unknown: Midair collisionUnknown: Midair collision
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 96868
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Piper PA-28RT-201T
Eurocopter EC135
Factual narrative
On January 23, 2018, about 1207 coordinated universal time, a Piper PA-28 airplane, Swiss registration HB-PGF, collided with an Airbus-Helicopter EC135P2, German registration D-HDRV near Oberhausen-Rheinhausen, Germany. The pilots and passengers were all fatally injured and both aircraft were destroyed.The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the German government. German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bundesstelle fuer Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU) Hermann-Blenk Strasse 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- HB-PGF
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201T (201T)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-8131121
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Registration
- D-HDRV
- Reported as
- Eurocopter EC135 (P2)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 0808
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground