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| Date: | Tuesday 9 April 1996 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-76A |
| Owner/operator: | Zhuhai Helicopters |
| Registration: | B-7302 |
| MSN: | 760285 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dawanshan Island, Zhuhai, Guangdong Province -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Flew into mountain on an island in poor weather with high winds. Investigation arrived at the conclusion that the pilots did not comply with the minimum safety altitude requirement of VFR and performed poorly in CRM.
Sources:
Flight International 19-25 November 1997
https://new.qq.com/rain/a/20220911A03L2800
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Jun-2010 12:06 | TB | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Country, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Mar-2011 13:36 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jun-2023 07:40 | RDV | Updated |
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