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| Date: | Thursday 21 February 2008 |
| Time: | 15:15 |
| Type: |  Bell 212 |
| Owner/operator: | Tragsa |
| Registration: | EC-IAV |
| MSN: | 30534 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Grado (Asturias) -
 Spain
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Tineo (Asturias) |
| Investigating agency: | CIAIAC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Crashed during firefighting with a bambi bucket. After second run there was an uncontrolled rotation of the nose to the right and a lateral displacement of the aircraft with impact with trees located on the shore.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.fomento.gob.es/mfom/lang_castellano/organos_colegiados/ciaiac/investigacion/2008/004_2008.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 August 1982 | RP-C1787 | Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) | 3 | Quezon City |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Feb-2012 14:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jun-2014 20:30 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Aug-2014 11:02 | Aerossurance | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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