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Date: | Friday 8 January 1993 |
Time: | |
Type: | Aérospatiale AS 350B2 Ecureuil |
Owner/operator: | Héli Inter Guyane |
Registration: | F-OGPS |
MSN: | 2412 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near to Saint Elie, Cayenne -
French Guiana
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Cayenne Félix Eboué Airport (SOCA/CAY) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Substantially damaged 8 January 1993 when crashed near to Saint Elie, Cayenne, in French Guiana. Loss of control in hover due to the failure of STBs to the rotor head. Crash followed by fire. Pilot died. Aircraft rebuilt and returned to service in 4 July 1996 under the French registration F-GRIN (sold to Angola 24 September 1997).
Sources:
1. Carnet de route de l'hélicoptère Eurocopter AS350B2 s/n 2412 F-GRIN en 1996, Cour de Cassation, Chambre criminelle, du 15 octobre 2002, 02-81.355, Inédit
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/se350show.asp?start=1401&count=50]
3.
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/F-GRIN.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Jan-2013 03:43 |
Raymond Delaunay |
Added |
11-Jan-2013 03:44 |
harro |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
11-Jan-2013 03:44 |
harro |
Updated [Operator] |
11-Jan-2013 03:44 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
02-Jul-2014 16:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
02-Jul-2014 16:12 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |