Accident Aérospatiale AS 350B Ecureuil HB-ZDP, Thursday 31 October 2002
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Date:Thursday 31 October 2002
Time:09:38
Type:Silhouette image of generic AS50 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aérospatiale AS 350B Ecureuil
Owner/operator:Basilea Helicopter
Registration: HB-ZDP
MSN: 1826
Year of manufacture:1985
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Kusel -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg EuroAirport (BSL/LFSB)
Destination airport:Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN/EDFH)
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The helicopter crashed at Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, in bad weather conditions killing both occupants.

Accident investigation:
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Report number: CX015-0/02
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

1. http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/HB-ZDP.pdf
2. http://www.swissheli.com/history/hb-zdp.htm
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=19829

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Dec-2010 08:32 Alpine Flight Added
11-Jul-2014 01:47 Dr. John Smith Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
25-Jan-2020 18:43 Uli Elch Updated [Location, ]
25-Jan-2020 19:16 Anon. Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, ]
07-Jun-2025 13:53 TB Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]

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