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| Date: | Friday 15 February 2002 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell 206B-3 JetRanger III |
| Owner/operator: | Armada de Ecuador |
| Registration: | HN-309 |
| MSN: | 4244 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1992 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Salinas -
 Ecuador
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Lost power shortly after take-off from a ship. Pilot activated pop-out floats and put down on the sea. Althrouhg landed safty, at some stage after alighting the helicopter rolled-over and remained afloat inverted.
Sources:
Scramble 283
AFM September 2002, p74
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Dec-2019 09:57 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
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