- Date
- January 25, 2019, 13:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Megeve, Italy
- Injuries
- 7 fatal, 2 serious
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- I-EDICEurocopter AS350F-PMGVJodel D140
- Defining events
- Enroute: Midair collisionEnroute: Midair collision
- Weather
- Day
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 99452
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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.
Eurocopter AS350
Midair collisionAll aircraft: 196 casesDefining event
Jodel D140
Midair collisionAll aircraft: 196 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Italy has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a midair collision between a Eurocopter AS350-B3 helicopter and a Jodel D.140E airplane that occurred on January 25, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Italy's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Italy.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- I-EDIC
- Reported as
- Eurocopter AS350 (B3)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Air drop · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Aero Club Megeve
- Registered owner
- Aero Club Megeve
- Airworthiness certificate
- None
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Registration
- F-PMGV
- Reported as
- Jodel D140 (E)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate
- None
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Day