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| Date: | Wednesday 6 December 2017 |
| Time: | 10:50 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus Helicopters H125 (AS 350B3) |
| Owner/operator: | Heli-TV |
| Registration: | HB-ZOI |
| MSN: | 8410 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2017 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Gordola, Locarno, Ticino -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Lodrino Airport (LSML) |
| Lodrino Airport (LSML) | |
| Investigating agency: | STSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Crashed during cargo hook mission and ended on its side. Nobody was injured.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.rsi.ch/news/ticino-e-grigioni-e-insubria/Cade-un-elicottero-9872329.html
https://www.lematin.ch/faits-divers/helicoptere-chute-zone-boisee/story/31290440
http://www.ticinonews.ch/ticino/428860/gordola-cade-un-elicottero
https://www.sust.admin.ch/inhalte/AV-berichte/HB-ZOI.pdf
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http://www.chriggis-photo-site.com/hb-z/15/
http://www.swissheli.com/history/hb-zoi.htm
Location
Media:
Un elicottero HELI-TV oggi ha avuto in incidente nella Valle del Carcale. Per fortuna nessuno è rimasto ferito. Un augurio al pilota e assistenti. pic.twitter.com/iMqbjNFt9V
— Flight Ticino (@FlightTicino) 6 décembre 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Dec-2017 16:11 | Aerossurance | Added |
| 06-Dec-2017 16:34 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Dec-2017 16:42 | lspm | Updated [Time, Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Dec-2017 17:08 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Dec-2017 17:18 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, ] |
| 06-Dec-2017 17:32 | Geno | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, ] |
| 06-Dec-2017 19:10 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 12-Dec-2017 20:39 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 17-May-2022 18:46 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 23-Jun-2023 19:16 | harro | Updated |
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