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| Date: | Friday 17 May 1963 |
| Time: | 06:26 |
| Type: |  Bell 47G-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Schweizerischen Helikopter AG |
| Registration: | HB-XAW |
| MSN: | 2180 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Val Camadra, TI -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Locarno |
| Val Camadra, TI | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Lost control in a downdraught, tipped over and crashed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
BFU Switzerland n
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 March 1964 | HB-XAW | Fuorcla Surlej, GR | |
unk | ||
| 9 April 1980 | HB-XAW | Heliswiss | 2 | Kiesen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jul-2024 18:43 | ASN | Added |
| 12-Jan-2025 14:51 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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