ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212274
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| Date: | Saturday 16 June 2018 |
| Time: | 08:28 |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B3e Écureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Yunnan Fengxiang General Aviation |
| Registration: | B-7460 |
| MSN: | 7740 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Xishan District, Kunming, Yunnan Province -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Kunming |
| Anning | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The air ambulance helicopter crashed into high ground about 10nm W of Kunming City. All three occupants died in the crash,including 2 pilots and 1 crewmember. The helicopter was en route to pick up a patient, it left from the First People's Hospital of Kunming in 08:17 and lost contact at about 08:28. Rescue workers found the wreckage near Daqing Mountain in Kunming. The wreckage has been broken into two sections, and there had signs of burning.
Probable Cause: Inadvertent VFR Flight Into IMC.
Possible Contributory Cause: the Urgent Nature of an Ambulance Flight Mission Might Had Increased the Crew's Psychological Stress
Sources:
www.globaltimes.cn
http://www.rotorspot.nl/product/as350.php
http://news.carnoc.com/list/458/458729.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jun-2018 11:02 | gerard57 | Added |
| 16-Jun-2018 13:47 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2018 13:51 | gerard57 | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 19-Jun-2018 10:25 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source] |
| 19-Jun-2018 10:28 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2018 10:29 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2018 10:23 | rotorspot | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 17-Jul-2018 19:35 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2018 19:36 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 15-Jun-2023 16:17 | RDV | Updated [[Aircraft type]] |
| 25-Jul-2023 20:18 | harro | Updated [[[Aircraft type]]] |
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