- Date
- March 31, 2011, 16:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Straubing, Germany
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- D-HBLTRobinson R44
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-hover: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 79019
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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 March 31, 2011, at 1630 universal coordinated time, a Robinson R44 Raven II Helicopter, D-HBLT, collided with an aircraft storage hangar at Straubing-Wallmühle Airport, Straubing, Germany. The pilot and passenger sustained minor injuries; the helicopter was destroyed by post-accident fire. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Germany. This report is for information purposes only, and contains only information released by the Government of Germany. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation Hermann-Blenk-Str. 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany Tel.: (49) 531 3548 0 E-mail: box@bfu-web.de Fax: (49) 531 3548 246 Telex: 952749 ACCID D Website: http://www.bfu-web.de
Aircraft
- Registration
- D-HBLT
- Reported as
- Robinson R44
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed
- EDMS · Straubing
- Destination
- EDMS · Straubing
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- EDMS · Straubing-Wallmühle
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 11, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 65 KB in all.