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| Date: | Monday 20 July 1981 |
| Time: | 11:05 LT |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale AS 350B Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Air Grischa AG |
| Registration: | HB-XFY |
| MSN: | 1121 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Calancatal, Arvigo, District of Moesa, Canton of Graubünden -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Calancatal, Arvigo, District of Moesa, Canton of Graubünden |
| Calancatal, Arvigo, District of Moesa, Canton of Graubünden | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
First registered in Switzerland as HB-XFY on 15.8.79. Written off 20.7.81 when crashed at Calancatal, Arvigo, a municipality in the district of Moesa in the south of the Swiss canton of Graubünden, next to Ticino, Switzerland. There was a bang before the helicopter crashed into the wooded area and flipped to the side. Registration HB-XFY cancelled 25.11.81.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1045.pdf
2. http://www.swissheli.com/history/hb-xfy.htm
3. http://www.heli-archive.ch/en/companies/air-grischa/
4. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=46316
5. http://www.sust.admin.ch/pdfs/AV-berichte//1045.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Dec-2010 11:42 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 28-Jun-2014 20:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Jun-2014 20:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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