ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 30182
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| Date: | Friday 21 April 2000 |
| Time: | 11:00 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 206B JetRanger II |
| Owner/operator: | Airport Helicopter Basel |
| Registration: | HB-XMT |
| MSN: | 866 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Vorabgletscher Glacier, Glarus Alps -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Samedan (LSZS) |
| Basel (LFSB) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On approach to a mountain helipad in good daylight weather the helicopter hit a rock face and fell onto the glacier. The helicopter crashed in a mountain during an flight from Samedan to Basel. Pieces of the helicopter were found hundreds of meters from the crash site. Both occupants were killed and the helicopter completely destroyed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.bellhelicopter.com/en/support/flightsafety/pdf/destroyed.pdf
2. http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1729.pdf
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2001/2001
4. http://www.swissheli.com/history/hb-xmt.htm
5. http://www.heli-archive.ch/en/helicopters/images-gallery/hb-xka-hb-xpz/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 July 1985 | HB-XMT | Heli TV | 0 | Carena,TI | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Jan-2009 11:25 | harro | Updated |
| 09-Jan-2011 04:01 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2015 16:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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