ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59763
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| Date: | Monday 26 June 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-61N-II |
| Owner/operator: | Helikopter Service |
| Registration: | LN-OQS |
| MSN: | 61760 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | North Sea, 55 nm NNW off Bergen -
 Norway
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Offshore |
| Departure airport: | Bergen Flesland |
| Statfjord A offshore installation | |
| Investigating agency: | AIBN |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Crashed into the sea suddenly after a failure of a main rotor spindle.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
jp4 9/78
Hamburger Abendblatt 27.6.1978
Netherlands national archive, press photo of parts of the wreckage: http://proxy.handle.net/10648/8ef97fac-713b-7241-0353-585b69d0181d
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-May-2009 03:50 | zerocinquanta | Added |
| 18-Sep-2009 03:31 | harro | Updated |
| 10-Oct-2009 09:35 | Anon. | Updated |
| 29-Dec-2009 10:41 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2011 15:12 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2014 13:53 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2015 16:39 | TB | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Nov-2015 15:15 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2020 06:08 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
| 16-May-2021 11:08 | Hoekb03 | Updated [Source] |
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