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| Date: | Saturday 16 March 2024 |
| Time: | 13:20 |
| Type: |  Guimbal Cabri G2 |
| Owner/operator: | Chablais Heli Club |
| Registration: | HB-ZLX |
| MSN: | 1045 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-J2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Vétroz, Valais -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Sion Airport (SIR/LSGS) |
| Sion Airport (SIR/LSGS) | |
| Investigating agency: | STSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
While performing hover exercises, the Guimbal Cabri G2 helicopter made several turns to the left around the yaw axis, then collided with the ground and flipped onto its side.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.polizeiwallis.ch/medienmitteilungen/vetroz-unfall-mit-einem-helikopter/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 February 2014 | D-HAIG | Aeroheli International | 0 | Langenfeld |  |
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| Oil and gas | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Mar-2024 06:48 | Tetrapack | Added |
| 21-Mar-2024 14:56 | ASN | Updated [Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Mar-2024 11:04 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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