Incident Aérospatiale SA 316B Alouette III OM-FIT,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 31080
 
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Date:Thursday 15 May 1997
Time:cc. 7:30 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic ALO3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aérospatiale SA 316B Alouette III
Owner/operator:ATE Poprad
Registration: OM-FIT
MSN: 2257
Year of manufacture:1975
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Zelené pleso, High Tatras -   Slovakia
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:LZTT
Destination airport:LZTT
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crash-landing in mountanious terrain at an altitude around 1500 meters above sea level due to engine failure. Pilot and 3 passengers (probably the TV film crew) injured, taken to hospital in Poprad.

Sources:

http://www.vrtulnik.cz/sa_316b.htm
https://www.sme.sk/c/2074557/vo-vysokych-tatrach-po-18-rokoch-dalsi-pad-vrtulnika.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
10-Dec-2021 17:33 Anon. Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]

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