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| Date: | Tuesday 10 August 2004 |
| Time: | 10:45 |
| Type: |  Bell 407 |
| Owner/operator: | Hanfly |
| Registration: | CC-CNA |
| MSN: | 53268 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce 250-C47B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Valle Nevado, Santiago -
 Chile
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Valle Nevado Heliport |
| Valle de “Parraguirre” | |
| Investigating agency: | DGAC Chile |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed on a snow-covered mountainside during heli-skiing.
ACCIDENT CAUSE
The cause of the accident was that the aircraft, during the approach to land, was affected by a downward airflow and tailwind, which caused it to fall to the ground.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/photo/vallenevado/index.html
http://www.bellhelicopter.com/MungoBlobs/802/70/potential.pdf
https://www.dgac.gob.cl/wp-content/uploads/portalweb/rest-portalweb/jcr/repository/collaboration/sites%20content/live/dgac/documents/1353.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2013 13:50 | TB | Added |
| 03-Mar-2013 14:25 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Sep-2013 06:35 | Anon. | Updated [Total occupants, Phase, Source, ] |
| 10-May-2020 08:31 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-May-2020 08:32 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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