2017 Irish Coast Guard Rescue 116 crash information
2017 Irish Coast Guard Rescue 116 crash
EI-ICR, the helicopter involved, photographed in August 2013
Accident
Date
14 March 2017
Summary
Controlled flight into terrain in poor weather, at night
Site
Blackrock Island, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland 54°04′01″N10°19′13″W / 54.0669°N 10.3202°W / 54.0669; -10.3202
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Sikorsky S-92A
Operator
CHC Helicopter for Irish Coast Guard
Call sign
Rescue 116
Registration
EI-ICR
Flight origin
Dublin Airport, Republic of Ireland
Stopover
Blacksod Lighthouse, Republic of Ireland
Occupants
4
Crew
4
Fatalities
4
Survivors
0
Blackrock island
Dublin
Sligo
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Location of crash site
In the early hours of 14 March 2017, a Sikorsky S-92 helicopter operated by CHC Helicopter under contract to the Irish Coast Guard (call sign Rescue 116) crashed into the sea while supporting a rescue operation off County Mayo, on Ireland's west coast. All four crew members on board, Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, Chief Pilot Mark Duffy, winch operator Paul Ormsby, and winch man Ciarán Smith were killed.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
The Air Accident Investigation Unit released its final report on 5 November 2021. It concluded that the probable cause was that while the helicopter was flying towards its intended landing spot at 200 ft, at night, in poor weather, the crew was unaware of the presence of a 282-foot obstacle in their flight path.
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