Incident report
Eurocopter BK117 D-2 crash near Piera, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
serious2020-11-16
Summary
The air ambulance left Taulí Hospital in Sabadell to attend a patient at Piera, carrying a pilot, a technical crew member, a doctor and a nurse. Landing on sloping ground, the rotor blades struck the helicopter's own upper cable cutter and tore it off, taking part of the lining with it and breaking one of the windscreen panes. One blade was damaged. Nobody was hurt. The investigation found the cause was landing contrary to procedures in a confined area on a slope exceeding the established limits. Final report A-045/2020.
Incident details
Date
2020-11-16
Location
Piera, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Aircraft
Registration
EC-MJK
Operator
Eliance Helicopters
Operator type
commercial
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Occupants
4
Probable cause
Phase of flight
landing
Source
CIAIAC ↗41.5200, 1.7500
Quick stats
Severityserious
Fatalities0
Injuries0
SourceCIAIAC
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