Incident Aérospatiale AS 350B2 Ecureuil HB-XVM, Thursday 12 August 1999
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Date:Thursday 12 August 1999
Time:10:03 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic AS50 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aérospatiale AS 350B2 Ecureuil
Owner/operator:Heli Rezia
Registration: HB-XVM
MSN: 2399
Year of manufacture:1990
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Alpe di Piora, TI -   Switzerland
Phase: En route
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Ambri - LSPM
Destination airport:Disentis - offshore
Investigating agency: BFU Switz.
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
There was a loud bang during the flight. The pilot decided to make an autorotation landing. The helicopter was substantial dmaged. The three occupants escaped uninjured.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: BFU Switz.
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 5 years and 5 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1830_d.pdf

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

24 September 2007 HB-XVM Heli Rezia 0 Castaneda, frazione Nadro, GR non
13 October 2017 HB-XVM Tesserete, TI unk

Revision history:

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20-Dec-2010 05:27 Alpine Flight Added

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