Accident Eurocopter AS 350B2 SE-JAZ, Sunday 19 December 1993

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Date:	Sunday 19 December 1993
Time:
Type:	Eurocopter AS 350B2
Owner/operator:
Registration:	SE-JAZ
MSN:	2594
Year of manufacture:	1991
Fatalities:	Fatalities: / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:
Category:	Accident
Location:	Kebnekaise fjällstation - Sweden
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	SHK
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The flight involved transporting five passengers with baggage from Nikkaluokta to the Kebnekaise mountain station. The pilot of helicopter SE-JAZ chose to land on a flat area between the station and a hill. During the hover before touchdown, blowing fresh snow obscured ground reference; the helicopter drifted and the main rotor struck the hill.

Accident investigation: