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| Date: | Thursday 27 January 2000 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell 407 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Shark |
| Registration: | HP-2599 |
| MSN: | 53220 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce 250-C47B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Sona -
 Panama
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Sona |
| Panama City | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Collided with vulture, penetrating the windshield, killing one pilot. Helicopter lost control, crashed and rolled down a slope in mountainous terrain.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20111106080247/http://www.salawus.com:80/Newsletters/aerospace/Page1019
Flight International 24-30 April 2001
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Mar-2013 12:12 | TB | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Mar-2013 11:47 | TB | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
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