ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 67965
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 August 2009 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Ecocopters Chile |
| Registration: | CC-CZE |
| MSN: | 4040 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rio Blanco, Los Andes -
 Chile
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Rio Blanco, Los Andes, Valpariso |
| Investigating agency: | DGAC Chile |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A few seconds after the takeoff, after power loss due to intake ice ingestion, the pilot tried to land but the helicopter crashed The helicopter was in a rescue mission on the Andes Mountain of a worker missing in an avalanche.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://tiendamovistar.terra.com/sc/cl/clmovistarfp/?stdb=nourl=Helicoptero_capoto_en_Los_Andes:_dos_heridos
2. http://helihub.com/2009/08/18/18-aug-09-cc-cze-eurocopter-as350-rio-blanco-los-ande-chile/
3. http://tiendamovistar.terra.com/sc/cl/clmovistarfp/?stdb=nourl=Helicoptero_capoto_en_Los_Andes:_dos_heridos
4. http://www.airbushelicopters.com/site/docs_wsw/RUB_36/Potential_28_01_2014.pdf
5. http://www.bst-tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2012/a12p0008/a12p0008.asp see para 1.16.15
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Aug-2009 03:52 | montgomeryspringshot | Added |
| 20-Aug-2009 04:29 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 20-Aug-2009 09:15 | avtat | Updated |
| 26-Jul-2014 00:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2014 00:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 20-Aug-2017 19:36 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2019 14:55 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Sep-2020 12:32 | harro | Updated [Date, Source, Accident report, ] |
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