Date:	Friday 21 June 2013
Time:
Type:	Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil
Owner/operator:	Prabhatam Aviation
Registration:	VT-PED
MSN:	7100
Year of manufacture:	2011
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Kedarnath town, Uttarakhand state -   India
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	AAIB India
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A private helicopter, which was deployed for rescue operations in flood-hit Uttarakhand state, crashed after the main rotorblades hit an obstactle.

The pilot was injured.

http://www.rangdeindia.jp/detailnews/sitenews/accident/uttarakhand-chopper-crashes-no-casualty/40643
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://en.shafaqna.com/component/k2/item/18416-thousands-trapped-by-india-floods-as-deaths-near-600.html]
http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/2013/2013.semaine.27.pdf
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/chopper-deployed-for-rescue-operations-crashes-iaf-rescues-pilots-167579-2013-06-21

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Jun-2013 13:38	gerard57	Added
12-Jul-2013 19:10	RobertMB	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, ]
28-Jul-2013 05:09	gerard57	Updated [Operator, Source, ]
24-Sep-2016 07:48	Aerossurance	Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, ]