Wirestrike Accident Aérospatiale AS 350B Ecureuil SE-HMV, Tuesday 23 October 1990
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Date:Tuesday 23 October 1990
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic AS50 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aérospatiale AS 350B Ecureuil
Owner/operator:Heliflyg AB
Registration: SE-HMV
MSN: 1626
Year of manufacture:1983
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Vallenäsberget, Tärnaby -   Sweden
Phase: Take off
Nature:Calibration/Inspection
Departure airport:Vallenäsberget
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: JIAAC
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Mast inspection, helicopter struck supporting wire at takeoff. Pilot and three technicians killed in the crash. The helicopter was later restored by Eurocopter and sold to Indonesia.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: JIAAC
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

Nordic Rotors
web
https://www.havkom.se/assets/reports/C-1991_34-SE-HMV.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Apr-2013 00:17 Masen63 Added
28-Jul-2020 18:28 KagurazakaHanayo Updated [Nature, Source, ]
28-Jul-2020 18:29 harro Updated [Nature, Accident report, ]

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