Date:	Thursday 5 May 2011
Time:	11:32
Type:	Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil
Owner/operator:	Korea Forest Service
Registration:	HL9182
MSN:	2687
Year of manufacture:	1992
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Yeongok-myeon, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do -   South Korea
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Gangneung Aviation Management Center
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	ARAIB
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
A South Korean Ecureuil (HL9182/FP902) crashed on the east coast of the country on Thursday May 5 2011, according to local media.

The helicopter, belonging to the Korea Forest Service, crashed at around 11:32 a.m. local time near the Sogeum River in the country's northern province of Gangwon. There were two pilots aboard when the accident took place, Seoul's Yonhap News Agency quoted local police as saying.

The bodies of two workers from the Korea Forest Service were found May 6, 2011 after their helicopter crashed in Gangneung the day before.

The helicopter that crashed Thursday was on a routine mission to prevent forest fires and the KFS lost communication with it at 10:43 a.m,

http://english.sina.com/world/2011/0504/371900.html
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2935831
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http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2935869

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-May-2011 03:24	gerard57	Added
05-May-2011 10:53	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ]
08-May-2011 03:38	RobertMB	Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Damage, ]
08-May-2011 06:50	gerard57	Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
08-May-2011 07:53	gerard57	Updated [Narrative, ]
11-Jun-2011 04:15	RobertMB	Updated [Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Narrative, ]
14-Nov-2024 15:59	ASN	Updated [Other fatalities, Accident report, ]