- Date
- April 26, 2011, 17:43 local (17:43 UTC)
- Place
- Sulmona, Italy
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- I-ETECRobinson R22
- Defining event
- Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 79018
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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 April 26, 2011, at 1743 coordinated universal time (1843 local time), a Robinson R22, Italian registration I-ETEC, was destroyed when it impacted power lines near Sulmona, L'Aquila, Italy. The pilot and the observer were fatally injured. The flight, which departed an airstrip in Corchiano, Lazio, Italy, destined for a helipad in Sulmona, was operating under Italian flight regulations. According to Italian authorities, the crew was inspecting pipelines in a mountainous area when the helicopter hit the power lines, then impacted the ground. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Italy. Further information may be obtained from: Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurrezza del Volo (ANSV) Via Attilio Benigni, 53 00156 Roma, Italia Phone: (39) 06 8207 8219 Fax: (39) 06 8273 672 Safety.info@ansv.it This report is for informational purposes, and only contains information released by the government of Italy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- I-ETEC
- Reported as
- Robinson R22
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Elicompany S.R.L.
- Registered owner
- Elicompany S.R.L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- NONE · Corchiano
- Destination
- NONE · Sulmona
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- Fatal
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 4, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 44 KB in all.