Preliminary information
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Event
- Date
- Oct 30, 2015
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Tronzano Vercellese, IT
- Highest injury
- Fatal
- Fatal injuries
- 2
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc 609
- N-number
- N609AG
- Category
- Helicopter
- Year built
- 2003
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rule
- Non-US, non-commercial
- Purpose of flight
- Flight test
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.