# NTSB DEN08WA048: Bell 206B, Zuzenhausen, Germany, January 7, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 7, 2008, 08:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place: Zuzenhausen, Germany
- Coordinates: 49.400001, 8.699999
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=49.4000&lon=8.7000&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: German BFU
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67376
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN08WA048
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67376/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08WA048

## Factual narrative

On January 7, 2008, at 0800 coordinated universal time, a Bell 206B, German registered D-HJET, owned by LGM Luftfahrtgesellschaft mbH and piloted by the accident pilot, was destroyed when it impacted terrain under unknown circumstances near Zuzenhausen, Germany. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot sustained minor injuries and one passenger was fatally injured. The flight originated from Mannheim, Germany.

The German investigators reported that the "helicopter crashed during a pipeline patrol flight."

The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German government. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the German government or German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation. 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-HJET (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Bell 206B
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial observation, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: LGM Luftfahrtgesellschaft mbH
- Departed: Mannheim
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: minor

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC)
- Wind: 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 600 ft broken
- Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 29.86 inHg
- Observed at: EDFM

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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