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| Date: | Thursday 22 August 2024 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B3e Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Henan Zhongxiang General Aviation |
| Registration: | B-70KR |
| MSN: | 8134 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Zhuosang Township, Litang County, Garzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province -
 China
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The AS350B3 helicopter crashed after hitting high-voltage lines across a River in Zhuosang Township, Litang County, Garzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, while carrying out agricultural and forestry spraying (grassland pest control) operations, killing the captain on board.
Sources:
https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/accident-to-the-airbus-as350-registered-b-70kr-on-22-08-2024-at-zhuosang/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 August 2020 | B-70KR | Zhongrui General Aviation | 0 | Pudong New Area, Shanghai | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Sep-2024 14:06 | ASN | Added |
| 29-Oct-2024 16:00 | FlyWolf | Updated [Other fatalities, Country, ] |
| 06-Aug-2025 11:02 | RDV | Updated [Operator, ] |
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