# NTSB DEN08WA062: Bell 206B, Totes Gebirge, Austria, February 8, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 8, 2008, 08:30 local (08:30 UTC)
- Place: Totes Gebirge, Austria
- Coordinates: 47.686943, 13.868332
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6869&lon=13.8683&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Austrian Federal Office of Transport/AIB
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67618
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN08WA062
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67618/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08WA062

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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.

- 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

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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