Accident Aérospatiale AS 350B2 Ecureuil HB-XXV, Thursday 5 September 1996
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Date:Thursday 5 September 1996
Time:08:40 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic AS50 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aérospatiale AS 350B2 Ecureuil
Owner/operator:BOHAG
Registration: HB-XXV
MSN: 2333
Year of manufacture:1990
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Gündlischwand, BE -   Switzerland
Phase: Approach
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Gsteigwiler - LSXG
Destination airport:Tschingelfeld - offshore
Investigating agency: BFU Switz.
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The helicopter crashed on a house during approach and fell down a rock. All three occupants were killed and the helicopter destroyed.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: BFU Switz.
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year and 4 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1648.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
20-Dec-2010 05:37 Alpine Flight Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]

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