Accident Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil EC-FOQ, Saturday 16 December 2006
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Date:Saturday 16 December 2006
Time:11:35 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic AS50 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil
Owner/operator:TAF Helicopters
Registration: EC-FOQ
MSN: 2639
Year of manufacture:1992
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Organya (Lleida) -   Spain
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Survey
Departure airport:Barcelona
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: CIAIAC
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Traffic survey flight. The helicopter descended to 100ft following a vehicle so the two policemen on board could read the licence plate of the vehicle. The helicopter struck wires and crashed.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: CIAIAC
Report number: A-065/2006
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

http://www.fomento.es/NR/rdonlyres/6B4B98D5-C252-476C-A61B-9D3316BD413D/40725/2008_Boletin_04.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Feb-2009 12:00 harro Added
15-Jul-2014 21:51 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Cn, Departure airport, ]

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