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| Date: | Tuesday 12 September 2017 |
| Time: | 12:10 |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Helitrans |
| Registration: | LN-OTR |
| MSN: | 4751 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Laksefjordvidda in Finnmark County -
 Norway
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Aerial patrol |
| Departure airport: | Skiippagurra |
| Laksefjordvidda | |
| Investigating agency: | AIBN |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Overturned upon landing. The four occupants escaped unhurt. The helicopter left Alta that morning and had flown to Skiippagurra in eastern Finnmark. The mission was to inspect hunters.
Dynamic rollover after landing while leaning out to inspect the ground. Likely combination of headset cord snagging an unguarded collective and low collective friction.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/event/perte-de-controle-apres-latterrissage/
https://www.nordlys.no/nord-norge/finnmark/helikopter/helikopter-med-fire-personer-om-bord-havarerte-i-finnmark/s/5-34-701275
https://www.ifinnmark.no/lebesby/nyheter/ost-finnmark/helikopter-har-havarert-fire-personer-om-bord/s/5-81-583547
https://www.nrk.no/finnmark/helikopter-har-havarert-pa-vidda-i-finnmark-1.13686061
http://aerossurance.com/helicopters/dynamic-rollover-headset-snag
https://www.aibn.no/Aviation/Published-reports/2020-08
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Eurocopter-AS-350B-3-Ecureuil/1568177/L
http://www.pictaram.today/post/1577480859173352483_4328185171
Location
Media:
AS350 helicopter Overturned upon landing, Norway.
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 12 septembre 2017
Helikopter har havarert - fire personer om bord.https://t.co/6BfcIHNadc pic.twitter.com/Abb19kOz3C
AS350B3 Dynamic Rollover When Headset Cord Snags Unguarded Collectivehttps://t.co/PDXdOrtucE#helicopter #accident #flightsafety #aviationsafety pic.twitter.com/8iLS6b4bgI
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) May 16, 2020
AS350B3 Dynamic Rollover When Headset Cord Snags Unguarded Collectivehttps://t.co/PDXdOrtucE#helicopter #accident #flightsafety #aviationsafety pic.twitter.com/5eoVe9fu3N
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) May 17, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Sep-2017 19:58 | whiteshark | Added |
| 12-Sep-2017 19:58 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Plane category, ] |
| 12-Sep-2017 20:06 | Aerossurance | Updated [Nature, Source, ] |
| 12-Sep-2017 20:15 | whiteshark | Updated [Registration, Source, ] |
| 12-Sep-2017 21:14 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Nature, Source, ] |
| 12-Sep-2017 21:42 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 14-Sep-2017 16:04 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Embed code, ] |
| 22-Sep-2017 19:22 | harro | Updated [Source, ] |
| 16-May-2020 07:41 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-May-2020 09:03 | Aerossurance | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 17-May-2020 09:47 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 11-Sep-2020 19:13 | harro | Updated [Nature, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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