Date:	Monday 8 August 2016
Time:	c 13:00 LT
Type:	Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil
Owner/operator:	Fishtail Air
Registration:	9N-AKA
MSN:	2766
Year of manufacture:	1994
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Betani jungle of Madanpur, Nuwakot district -   Nepal
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Ambulance
Departure airport:	Gorkha
Destination airport:	Katmandu
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The helicopter crashed in mountainous jungle at 5500ft AMSL.
All seven on board (a 5 day old baby being taken for treatment, five adults and pilot) died.

www.himalyantimes.com
http://english.onlinekhabar.com/2016/08/08/383395
http://kathmandutoday.com/2016/08/207058.html#sthash.qp4Tsb3R.dpuf
https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/7-infant-dead-fishtail-air-chopper-crash-nepal/
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-08/08/c_135576167.htm

Last occurence with this aircraft in 2014:
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=170639

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


24 March 2012	9N-AKA	Fishtail Air	0	Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve, Baglung district		min
24 October 2014	9N-AKA	Fishtail Air	0	Dolpa		sub

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
08-Aug-2016 09:00	gerard57	Added
08-Aug-2016 09:01	harro	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative, ]
08-Aug-2016 09:45	Iceman 29	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ]
08-Aug-2016 10:19	Iceman 29	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Photo, ]
08-Aug-2016 12:37	gerard57	Updated [Damage, ]
08-Aug-2016 14:11	Aerossurance	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ]
08-Aug-2016 16:20	Iceman 29	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
08-Aug-2016 17:11	Aviation Nepal	Updated [Photo, ]
09-Aug-2016 15:23	Aerossurance	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, ]
09-Aug-2016 15:47	Aerossurance	Updated [Time, Narrative, ]