ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 30938
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 July 1998 |
| Time: | 17:20 LT |
| Type: |  Agusta A109K2 |
| Owner/operator: | Swiss Air Ambulance |
| Registration: | HB-XWF |
| MSN: | 10006 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Lodrino, TI -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | LSZL |
| Lodrino - offshore | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Collided with a rope and touched down very hard. Pilot and doctor were seriously injured. Pilot died a day later in hospital. Helicopter was destroyed.
Sources:
http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1699.pdf
Flight International 21-27 April 1999
Accident investigation:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Jan-2010 00:09 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2011 09:32 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2013 13:18 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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