On Mar 19

• Bristow Academy Inc Schweitzer 269C-1 training flight; chopper lost power and crash-landed Highway US-1 near Titusville, FL. Two aboard, no injuries

On Mar 21

• Bundespolizei Aérospatiale AS 332L1 Super Puma was in a training exercise in snowy conditions at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium. The Super Puma struck the EC-155 while landing, and fell. THe EC-155 pilot died on the scene, and three were injured.
• Bundespolizei Eurocopter EC 155B-1 (AS 365N4) (see above incident at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium)

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  ]]> https://airflightdisaster.com/bangalore-helicopter-dodges-wires-and-crowded-city-to-land-on-rooftop/ Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:10:48 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=20119 What: HAL Rotary Wing Academy Schweizer 269C (300C) Where: Byapanahalli area, northeast Bangalore, India When: April 12, 2012, 4:30 pm Who: 2 aboard, 0 fatalities Why: After a two hour ten minute flight, the helicopter on a training flight developed engine failure, dodged high-tension wires and other buildings to land on a Bangalore roof. The...

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  What: HAL Rotary Wing Academy Schweizer 269C (300C)
  Where: Byapanahalli area, northeast Bangalore, India
  When: April 12, 2012, 4:30 pm
  Who: 2 aboard, 0 fatalities
  Why: After a two hour ten minute flight, the helicopter on a training flight developed engine failure, dodged high-tension wires and other buildings to land on a Bangalore roof.

  The Schweizer 269C is a light four year old plane used for civilian training.

  The helicopter was damaged during the emergency landing, rolling over on its side on the rooftop of Maitri Apartments in the Byapanahalli area in North East Bangalore and leaking some of the 20 litres of fuel it carried. The rotors were blown off on impact with the parapet. Retired Air Commodore Roj Assey and trainee Digvijay Singh survived the emergency landing uninjured.

  The Directorate General of Civil Aviation is investigating.

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