2007 Zell am See mid-air collision

Aviation accident March 2024 2007 Zell am See mid-air collision 5 March 2007 Mid-air collision due to pilot error on both aircraft Accident Zell am See Airport (LOWZ); Austria 47 18 13 N 12 46 17 E region:EU_type:event inline,title 8 (all) 0 Eurocopter AS332 M1 Super Puma 09 (14707710662).jpg A Super Puma similar to the one involved in the incident. Aérospatiale SA 332 Super Pumahttp://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=17734 Aviation Safety Network summary 5 April 2015 Flight Safety Foundation Helog D-HLOG 6 1 7 (all) 0 Cape Town Flight Training Centre Diamond DA 20-C1 ZS-SNM (26208443323).jpg A DV20 Katana similar to the one involved in the incident. Diamond DV20 Katana Private OE-CEF 0 1 1 (all) 0 The 2007 Zell am See mid-air collision was an aviation accident that occurred on 5 March 2007, at 10:53 a.m. CET (09:53 UTC), in which eight people died when an Aérospatiale SA 332 Super Puma helicopter, operated by Helog, collided with a private Diamond DV20 Katana light aircraft near Zell am See, Austria. At the time of the accident, both aircraft were operating under visual flight rules. The weather was good, with a few clouds and 50 km visibility. The collision occurred at an altitude of about 5090 ft m, approximately 1 nmi km north-west of Zell am See Airport, as the helicopter flew over the airport's traffic pattern travelling north-north-eastwards. At the same time, the light aircraft was climbing through the traffic pattern and was subsequently involved in a collision with the helicopter, destroying both aircraft.http://versa.bmvit.gv.at/uploads/media/Zusammenstoss_Motorflugzeug_DV_20_und_Hubschrauber_AS_332__GZ_85121_vom_5._Maerz_2007.pdf GZ. 85.007/0001-FUS/2006 Investigation Report: GZ. BMVIT-85.121/0002-II/BAV/UUB/LF/2008 (Untersuchungsbericht: Zusammenstoß in der Luft eines Motorflugzeuges type DV-20 und eines Hubschraubers type AS 332 21 March 2006 5 April 2015 Unfalluntersuchungsstelle Verkehrssicherheitsarbeit für Österreich Austrian Federal Department of Aviation (Bundes Fachbereich Luftfahrt) Horvath Harry German 19 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150419043102/http://versa.bmvit.gv.at/uploads/media/Zusammenstoss_Motorflugzeug_DV_20_und_Hubschrauber_AS_332__GZ_85121_vom_5._Maerz_2007.pdf dead The Austrian Federal Department of Aviation's Air Accident Investigation Board launched an investigation into the accident, releasing the investigation report on 9 April 2008. The report stated that the main cause of the accident was the inability of both pilots to see the other aircraft in time to avoid the collision as a result of the reduced fields of vision allowed by the cockpit designs. Another factor in the collision was the subtle limitations on visual perception relating in part to the proximity of the mountain slope not far below both aircraft, requiring both pilots' attention to maintain suitable terrain clearance. See also Austria Aviation Inattentional blindness, also known as perceptual blindness, is the failure to notice a fully visible, but unexpected object because attention was engaged on another task, event, or object. Change blindness is a surprising perceptual phenomenon that occurs when a change in a visual stimulus is introduced and the observer does not notice it. References 30em External links Inattentional Blindness, an article by Daniel J. Simons of UIUC Further reading Inattentional Blindness Arien Mack Irvin Rock MIT Press 2000 978-0-26-263203-4 https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/inattentional-blindness Simons Daniel J Chabris Christopher F Gorillas in our midst: sustained inattentional blindness for dynamic events Perception September 1999 28 9 1059–1074 10.1068/p281059 10694957 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 2007 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents caused by pilot error Category:Accidents and incidents involving the Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma Category:Mid-air collisions involving general aviation aircraft Category:Mid-air collisions involving helicopters Category:Mid-air collisions in Europe Category:2007 in Austria Category:2007 in Europe Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Austria Category:March 2007 in Europe Category:2000s disasters in Austria Category:2007 disasters in Europe