- Date
- October 26, 2009, 13:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Verona, Italy
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- I-ANSORobinson R22B
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 75044
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On October 26, 2009, at 1300 coordinated universal time, a Robinson R22B helicopter, Italian registration I-ANSO, was substantially damaged when it impacted water in Lake Garda, near Verona, Italy. The pilot and a passenger were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local personal flight that departed from Boscomantico Airport (LIPN), Verona, Italy. This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo (ANSV) of Italy. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo Via A. Benigni, 53-00156 Roma, Italia This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Italy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- I-ANSO
- Reported as
- Robinson R22B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Private Individual
- Registered owner
- Private Individual
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LIPN · Verona
- Destination
- LIPN · Verona
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- LIPN · Verona Boscomantico
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- Fatal
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 23, 2009, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7 KB in all.