- Date
- June 12, 2026
- Place
- Lesa, Italy
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- I-CHOPBell 206
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- FAA AVP-110
- Case key
- 203222
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- I-CHOP
- Reported as
- Bell 206 (B)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2523
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Observed at
- LIMC, 13 nm away
- METAR
- METAR LIMC 120950Z VRB03KT CAVOK 24/10 Q1023 NOSIG