Accident Aérospatiale AS 350B2 Ecureuil LN-OPX,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 87148
 
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Date:Friday 24 April 1998
Time:17:25 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic AS50 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aérospatiale AS 350B2 Ecureuil
Owner/operator:Airlift AS
Registration: LN-OPX
MSN: 2346
Year of manufacture:1989
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Hittenes, Tyin-Filefjell, Oppland -   Norway
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:Heidrun, Norway (ENHE)
Destination airport:Narvik, Norway (ENNK)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed due to a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain) at Hittenes, Tyin-Filefjell, Oppland, Norway. Helicopter took off from Heidrun, and was scheduled to drop its passengers off at Narvik. One person was killed, two others were seriously injured

Sources:

1. https://www.aibn.no/Luftfart/Rapporter/2000-09?print=1
2. http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/2988307/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Jan-2011 12:23 TB Added
20-Oct-2012 02:56 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source]
05-Jul-2014 01:19 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
13-Jun-2016 19:55 Aerossurance Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative]

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