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| Date: | Wednesday 22 September 2004 |
| Time: | 13:20 |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale SA 365N Dauphin 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Pawan Hans Helicopters (PHHL) |
| Registration: | VT-EKZ |
| MSN: | 6209 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1986 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Shillong, Meghalaya -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Tura |
| Shillong | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
After around 10 minutes of flying, when the pilot contacted Shillong ALG he was informed about deteriorating trend of weather up to the extent of thunderstorm and visibility reducing to 1000m. At 1315 hrs the pilot informed ALG that he was returning back to Guwahati. Approximately four minutes later the helicopter crashed and was destroyed by impact and post impact fire.
Sources:
http://archive.indianexpress.com/oldStory/55679/
http://www.dgca.gov.in/accident/acc04.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 27-Sep-2010 12:34 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Damage, ] |
| 14-Apr-2012 08:53 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 04-Jun-2012 13:00 | harro | Updated [Date, ] |
| 16-Dec-2012 10:48 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Apr-2016 15:45 | Aerossurance | Updated [Nature, Narrative, ] |
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