| Date: | Saturday 27 April 2002 |
| Time: | 16:45 LT |
| Type: | Aérospatiale AS 350B2 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Heliswiss |
| Registration: | HB-XUZ |
| MSN: | 2381 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Sustenhorn Alpine Center, Urner Alps, Gadmen, BE -
Switzerland
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Steingletscher, Urner Alps, Berne Canton |
| Destination airport: | Sustenlimi, Urner Alps, Berne Canton |
| Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
| Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Written off 27.4.2002: The helicopter collided with a house during takeoff from Steingletscher, Urner Alps, Berne Canton, and crashed. The pilot was substantially injured. the helicopter badly damaged, and the registration HB-XUZ was cancelled 25.6.2002
Accident investigation:
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| Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
| Report number: | |
| Status: | Investigation completed |
| Duration: | 2 years and 2 months |
| Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
1.
http://www.scramble.nl [Scamble 283]
2.
http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1804_d.pdf 3.
http://www.swissheli.com/history/hb-xuz.htm 4.
http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=19831 5. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/se350show.asp?start=1351&count=50]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 |
ASN archive |
Added |
| 20-Dec-2010 05:12 |
Alpine Flight |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jul-2014 23:06 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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