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| Date: | Friday 27 January 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Enstrom 280C Shark |
| Owner/operator: | Heliflug AG |
| Registration: | HB-XET |
| MSN: | 1105 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Disentis -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Disentis |
| Disentis | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On approach to the provisional landing site in Salapleuna near Disentis, the helicopter spotted a steel cable of a no longer operating material cable car and crashed about 500 meters east of the Fontanivas campground.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.swissheli.com/history/hb-xet.htm
http://www.rotorspot.nl/product/enstrom.php
World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
Eye witness
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Oct-2012 17:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Apr-2013 17:42 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Apr-2013 15:50 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Apr-2020 12:22 | bele | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, ] |
| 27-Apr-2020 12:23 | bele | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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