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| Date: | Tuesday 20 June 2017 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: |  Airbus Helicopters H130 |
| Owner/operator: | Monacair |
| Registration: | 3A-MVT |
| MSN: | 8203 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2016 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Goult, Vaucluse 84 -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Avignon-Caumont Airport (AVN/LFMV) |
| Le Castellet Airport (CTT/LFMQ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
En route from Avignon to Le castellet, the helicopter hit a vulture, cockpit glass was broken.
The pilot had to land urgently on the nearest field.
Nobody was injured.
Sources:
http://www.ledauphine.com/vaucluse/2017/06/22/un-vautour-traverse-la-verriere-de-l-helicoptere
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 November 2022 | 3A-MVT | Monacair Helicopters | 2 | Plateau de la Justice near Col d’Eze, Alpes-Maritimes 06 | |
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Images:
Media:
Goult | France - Un vautour traverse la verrière de l’hélicoptère.
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 23 juin 2017
An helicopter hit a vulture. https://t.co/cFc41rfiln via @Ledauphine.com pic.twitter.com/DxBJ6q3ndt
An helicopter hit a vulture - Photo ® fhxav
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 23 juin 2017
ASN Aircraft 20-JUN-2017 Airbus Helicopters EC130T2 https://t.co/JznO4ZEC6j via @AviationSafety pic.twitter.com/ZfVpZgh3x6
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jun-2017 06:18 | yfpilote | Added |
| 22-Jun-2017 06:36 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, ] |
| 23-Jun-2017 11:35 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 23-Jun-2017 11:42 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Embed code, Damage, ] |
| 23-Jun-2017 18:13 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Embed code, ] |
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