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Flying Bull
10th Jan 2013, 16:53
Sad news at the beginning of this year.
A smal helicopter crashed, after contacting powerlines in rainy weather, on the motorway A6 near Schwaebisch Hall in Germany.
Contacted a lorry as well.
Sole oxcupant, the pilot, is belived dead.
http://www.rp-online.de/panorama/deutschland/pilot-stirbt-bei-hubschrauberabsturz-auf-a6-1.3130124
Torquetalk
10th Jan 2013, 17:05
The wreckage looks like that of a plane.
The picture shows what looks like an aeroplane .... ?
(with a crane in the background)
EddieHeli
10th Jan 2013, 17:15
They obviously haven't got a picture of the actual accident so have put a picture of a plane crash on an autobahn under the heading of a Chronology of Helicopter and Aeroplane Accidents on Autobahns.
If you click through they list 5 other accidents dating back to 1983, one of which they had the picture for it seems.
Torquetalk
10th Jan 2013, 17:17
Yes, it is a stock photo referring to the history of helicopter and aeroplane crashes on motorways.
Flying Bull
10th Jan 2013, 18:26
News say, motorway still blocked both direktions and that it could have been an R44 from a private owner (Company)
skadi
10th Jan 2013, 18:42
Here is a pic of the wreck:
Hubschrauber stürzt auf Autobahn in Baden-Württemberg - SPIEGEL ONLINE (http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/bild-876878-446265.html)
skadi
eivissa
10th Jan 2013, 19:31
Pilot stirbt bei Hubschrauberabsturz auf A6 - STIMME.de (http://www.stimme.de/polizei/hohenlohe/Pilot-stirbt-bei-Hubschrauberabsturz-auf-A6;art1494,2675990)
helimo
10th Jan 2013, 20:35
Hubschrauber stürzt auf A 6 und explodiert (http://nachrichten.t-online.de/hubschrauber-stuerzt-auf-a-6-und-explodiert/id_61640064/index)
six pics of the crashed helicopter. looks like a black r22 tailboom...
skadi
11th Jan 2013, 09:22
According to an official Police report the cause was in deed wire strike. Weather was rain/drizzle with poor vis and the crash happend a couple minutes before sunset!
Location: 49° 10,879 N 9° 45,429 E just 4nm N of Schwäbisch-Hall Airport
skadi
SilsoeSid
11th Jan 2013, 09:32
I feel a 'roundabout' thread coming on, lets get dizzy! :rolleyes:
what next
11th Jan 2013, 15:13
There is a report now in a local paper that has the names of the pilot and of the owner of the helicopter (rather unusual in Germany to publish names, but obviously both are well known persons in their town).
According to this report, the helicopter was a Robinson 44 being ferried back to its home base (EDTY) from maintenance done at EDMA. Final cause of the crash was indeed a collision with power lines. Why the helicopter was flying so low is not known. Contrary to his usual practice the pilot had not maintained radio contact with flight information service on this flight. All that is known is that he had delayed his departure from EDMA due to bad weather (communicated using his iPad because he had left his cellphone in the car).
This is the newspaper article (german language) from "Heibronner Stimme":
Verunglückter Pilot ist 42-jähriger Bretzfelder - STIMME.de (http://www.stimme.de/hohenlohe/hz/Verunglueckter-Pilot-ist-42-jaehriger-Bretzfelder;art31503,2676513)
skadi
12th Jan 2013, 10:26
Not every part of the R44 was burned, the T/R section was found a couple of meters away from the main wreck ( in the background ) :
Bildergalerien | Südwest Presse Online (http://www.swp.de/ulm/bilder/cme1187435,1017319)
skadi
206Fan
12th Jan 2013, 16:51
10-Jan-13 D-HIZZ Robinson R44 Schwäbisch Hall, Germany (1F) | Helihub - the Helicopter Industry Data Source (http://helihub.com/2013/01/10/10-jan-13-kochertalbrucke-germany-1f/)
ASN Aircraft accident 10-JAN-2013 Robinson R44 Astro D-HIZZ (http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=152425)
D-HIZZ R44 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/aircraftregister/5089257722/lightbox/)