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| Date: | Tuesday 4 February 2003 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 365N3 Dauphin 2 |
| Owner/operator: | NHV - Noordzee Helikopters Vlaanderen |
| Registration: | OO-NHW |
| MSN: | 6617 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, off Ostend, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Ostend |
| Ostend | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The helicopter had been tasked to transfer marine pilots to a ship some 15km off the Belgian coast and to pick up another person from the vessel. Reportedly, after dropping off the pilots, while hovering to pick up the other person, a large wave hit the ship and large quantities of water were ingested into the helicopter's engines. Both engines reportedly lost power and the helicopter settled onto the sea. All of the occupants were later rescued but the helicopter was lost.
Sources:
- Scamble 286
- https://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-80496.html
- WAAS
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Dec-2012 10:06 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Apr-2014 09:12 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Apr-2014 09:13 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 15-Oct-2015 18:35 | jevage | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Jun-2017 14:24 | Aerossurance | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Nov-2022 08:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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