Accident PZL-Swidnik W-3A Sokól SP-SXZ, Wednesday 29 January 2003
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Date:Wednesday 29 January 2003
Time:09:10
Type:Silhouette image of generic W3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
PZL-Swidnik W-3A Sokól
Owner/operator:Tatrzanskie OPR
Registration: SP-SXZ
MSN: 370507
Year of manufacture:1994
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Murzasichle, near Zakopane -   Poland
Phase: En route
Nature:Ambulance
Departure airport:Zakopane Hospital Airport
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Crashed during auto-rotation landing after both engines failed due to icing; remains to museum; Tatrzanskie Ochotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe (TOPR)

Sources:

1. http://www.mi.gov.pl/1/files/0/30553/2003_05_R.pdf
2. http://www.scramble.nl/soviet-database?view=default

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-May-2008 03:08 signaal Added
25-Mar-2009 11:08 signaal Updated
16-Dec-2009 01:12 larek Updated
21-Mar-2011 13:17 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
21-Mar-2011 13:24 TB Updated [Operator, ]
21-Mar-2011 16:39 TB Updated [Operator, Narrative, ]

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