# NTSB ERA10WA060: Robinson R22B, Verona, Italy, October 26, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 26, 2009, 13:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place: Verona, Italy
- Coordinates: 42.476387, 10.714444 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4764&lon=10.7144&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75044
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA10WA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75044/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75044
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10WA060

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

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

- Pilot; injuries: fatal

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 23, 2009, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75044. 7 KB in all.

- Other Pertinent Forms and Reports: Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 7 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40321610&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Other%20Pertinent%20Forms%20and%20Reports%3A%20Foreign%20Accident%20Statement-Master.PDF

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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