Accident Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama HB-XDX,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 33628
 
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Date:Tuesday 7 August 1973
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic LAMA model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama
Owner/operator:Air-Zermatt AG
Registration: HB-XDX
MSN: 2303
Year of manufacture:1972
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Rittinen -   Switzerland
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:External load operation
Departure airport:lsez
Destination airport:lsez
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
during sling load operation, the load was lost and the ropes damaged the tail rotor. the helicopter went down and came to rest upside down.

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
01-Feb-2016 14:50 geni Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Photo, ]

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