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| Date: | Thursday 5 May 2016 |
| Time: | c. 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B3e Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Skyline Aviation |
| Registration: | RP-C6828 |
| MSN: | 7602 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Batang Lupar River, near Sebuyau, Sarawak, Borneo -
 Malaysia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Betong, Sarawak |
| Kuching, Sarawak | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB Malaysia |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Went missing in deteriorating weather with 6 onboard. 4 VIPs onboard including one government minister. The flight departed at 4.12pm and made its last radio communication at 4.32pm. Debris were found near the Batang Lupar river in Sebuyau the next morning. The debris comprised a rotor blade, a floatation device, part of the fuselage, a door and a seat.
Investigation issued 8 June 2017: Disorientation while flying low over water in degraded weather conditions. Three safety recommendations were raised.
Probable Cause
The most probable cause of the accident is the inability of the pilot to use all available information’s to make the correct decision, so as not to make the flight susceptible to disorientation when flying over water at low altitude in bad weather with limited visibility.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.malaymail.com/malaysia/article/sarawak-police-no-sign-missing-helicopter-made-safe-landing_
https://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/05/143757/missing-heli-last-known-location-over-swampy-coastal-area-zahid
http://www.rotorspot.nl/current/rp-c.php
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2016/05/05/copter-carrying-vips-goes-missing-in-sarawak/
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8226582
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/114030
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/05/06/missing-copter-debris/
https://asianews.network/content/body-woman-found-sarawak-copter-crash-site-16230
http://www.crash-aerien.aero/pictures/640-5931_03ad04915b28056fc40791dae4e4a0c7.jpg
Ascend
https://www.bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/event/collision-avec-le-sol-par-conditions-meteorologiques-degradees/
https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/06/247203/pilot-error-weather-likely-caused-sg-batang-lupar-helicopter-crash
http://www.mot.gov.my/SiteCollectionDocuments/kemalangan%20udara/laporan%20akhir%20kemalangan%20udara%20helikopter%20RPC6878.pdf
https://www.mot.gov.my/en/AAIB%20Statistic%20%20Accident%20Report%20Document/A%200516%20RP-C6828.pdf
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-May-2016 17:23 | Aerossurance | Added |
| 05-May-2016 17:27 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-May-2016 20:05 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 05-May-2016 21:43 | Geno | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-May-2016 07:16 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 06-May-2016 07:17 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 06-May-2016 07:20 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-May-2016 07:28 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-May-2016 08:06 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-May-2016 14:32 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Photo, ] |
| 06-May-2016 15:51 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 12-May-2016 16:02 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jun-2017 09:14 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jun-2017 09:16 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, ] |
| 10-Jun-2017 09:22 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Apr-2021 18:18 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Apr-2021 18:21 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Accident report, ] |
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