Date: | Saturday 10 February 2018 |
Time: | 17:15 LT |
Type: | Eurocopter EC 130B4 |
Owner/operator: | Papillon Airways Inc. |
Registration: | N155GC |
MSN: | 7091 |
Year of manufacture: | 2010 |
Total airframe hrs: | 9594 hours |
Engine model: | Turbomeca (Safran) Arriel 2B1 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Grand Canyon, AZ - United States of America |
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Boulder City Municipal Airport, NV (BLD/KBVU) |
Quartermaster landing zone, AZ | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
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Air tour #helicopter LOC-I approaching Grand Canyon landing site. Crashed in a difficult to access gully. Caught fire. c10 hours for survivors to reach hospital. Five fatalities. https://t.co/HUkJBqVclm #helicopter #accident #flightsafety #aviationsafety pic.twitter.com/133x2nzCPh
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) January 18, 2021
UPDATE: First Images of downed Papillon aircraft near #GrandCanyon - Pic courtesy Teddy Fujimoto pic.twitter.com/zhRlnDDcx3
— Gerard Ramalho (@GerardNews3LV) 11 février 2018
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12-Feb-2018 10:37 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
12-Feb-2018 21:13 | Terry | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
12-Feb-2018 21:19 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
13-Feb-2018 18:29 | mhab | Updated [Aircraft type] |
15-Feb-2018 08:39 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
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21-Feb-2018 20:54 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
23-Feb-2018 06:55 | Eddie10o | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
23-Feb-2018 06:57 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
27-Feb-2018 01:04 | Aerossurance | Updated [Total fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
28-Feb-2018 15:09 | Eddie10o | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
28-Feb-2018 15:09 | harro | Updated [Source] |
15-Jan-2021 17:56 | harro | Updated [Registration, Destination airport, Narrative, Category, Accident report, Photo] |
15-Jan-2021 18:02 | harro | Updated [Phase] |
17-Jan-2021 23:01 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Accident report] |
18-Jan-2021 09:04 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, Accident report] |
11-Jan-2024 06:51 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |