- Date
- February 8, 2008, 08:30 local (08:30 UTC)
- Place
- Totes Gebirge, Austria
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Aircraft
- OE-XRHBell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Austrian Federal Office of Transport/AIB
- Case key
- 67618
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Factual narrative
On February 8, 2008, at 0830 UTC, a Bell 206B, Austrian registration OE-XRH, serial number 2795, was destroyed when the helicopter struck a cableway cable while maneuvering in mountainous terrain, and subsequently impacted terrain in the vicinity of Totes Gebirge, an 8,251 foot mountain located approximately 45 miles east of Salzburg, Austria. A post crash fire ensued consuming the cabin. The two persons on board were killed in the crash. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.
This investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Austrian government. Any further information may be obtained from:
Federal Office of Transport
Accident Investigation Branch/Department of Aviation
P.O. Box 3000
Lohnergasse 9
A-1210 Vienna
Austria
This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the Federal Office of Transport, Accident Investigation Branch of Austria.
Aircraft
- Registration
- OE-XRH
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Aerial Helecopter Leopold Reidinger
- Departed
- LOLW · Wels
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- Fatal
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC)
- Wind
- 135° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.69 inHg