Incident Aérospatiale AS 350B2 Ecureuil HB-XVB, Wednesday 18 June 2008
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Date:Wednesday 18 June 2008
Time:16:48
Type:Silhouette image of generic AS50 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aérospatiale AS 350B2 Ecureuil
Owner/operator:Heliswiss AG
Registration: HB-XVB
MSN: 2340
Year of manufacture:1990
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Grenchen - LSZG -   Switzerland
Phase: Landing
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:offshore
Destination airport:Grenchen - LSZG
Investigating agency: BFU Switz.
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Fell to the side while trying to land on a mobile platform.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: BFU Switz.
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 3 years and 2 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/HB-XVB.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Aug-2009 08:00 harro Added
20-Dec-2010 12:13 Alpine Flight Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, ]
20-Dec-2010 12:13 Alpine Flight Updated [Operator, ]

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