- Date
- February 18, 2011, 07:06 local (07:06 UTC)
- Place
- Canne della Battaglia, Italy
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- F-GUJBRobinson R44
- Defining event
- Enroute: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC)
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 78418
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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 February 18, 2011, about 0706 universal coordinated time, a Robinson R44, French registration F-GUJB, crashed after an in-flight separation of the tail rotor from the fuselage. The pilot was killed. The flight departed Bari, Italy, for Foggia Airport (LIBF), Italy. This 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 Attilio Benigni, 53-00156 00156 Rome – Italy Telephone: +39 06 82078219 Fax: +39 06 8273672 This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Italy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- F-GUJB
- Reported as
- Robinson R44
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Antonio D'Amico
- Registered owner
- Antonio D'Amico
- Departed
- Bari
- Destination
- LIBF · Foggia
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC)
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 11, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 24 KB in all.