- Date
- May 10, 2017, 11:43 local (11:43 UTC)
- Place
- Fundres, Italy
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N480WEnstrom Helicopter 480B
- Defining event
- Enroute: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- FAA AVP-100
- Case key
- 95188
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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 May 10, 2017, about 1143 universal coordinated time,an Enstrom 480B, N480W, was destroyed during an infight break-up near Fundres, Italy. The flight departed from Bolzano, Italy, and was destined for Linz, Italy. The pilot was fatally injured. This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo. Further information pertaining to this may obtained from: Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo Via A. Benigni, 53 00156 Rome Italy Tel.: 39 068 207 8219 / 39 068 207 8200 Fax: 39 068 273 672 This report is for information purposes and contains only information released by the government of Italy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N480W
- Reported as
- Enstrom Helicopter 480B (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 5110
- Engine
- Rolls-Royc 250-C20W
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner
- Bank Of Utah Trustee
- Departed
- LIPB · Bolzano
- Destination
- LOWL · Linz
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- Fatal