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| Date: | Monday 21 November 1983 |
| Time: | 10:55 LT |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama |
| Owner/operator: | Air Glaciers SA |
| Registration: | HB-XEO |
| MSN: | 2321 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Savièse, VS -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Sion - LSGS |
| Sion - LSGS | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A helper on ground fell off a wall and was killed because of the main rotor downdraft. The helicopter was not damaged.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1128.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 September 1980 | HB-XEO | Air Glaciers SA | 0 | Jungfraufirn, VS | |
sub |
| 13 October 1993 | HB-XEO | Air Glaciers SA | 0 | Château-d'Oex, VD | |
min |
| 30 August 2016 | HB-XEO | Air Glaciers | 0 | La Médettaz, Salvan Gorge, near Tretien | |
w/o |
| Collision with pole or wires | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Dec-2010 04:06 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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