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| Date: | Friday 24 April 1998 |
| Time: | 17:25 LT |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale AS 350B2 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Airlift AS |
| Registration: | LN-OPX |
| MSN: | 2346 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hittenes, Tyin-Filefjell, Oppland -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Heidrun, Norway (ENHE) |
| Narvik, Norway (ENNK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed due to a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain) at Hittenes, Tyin-Filefjell, Oppland, Norway. Helicopter took off from Heidrun, and was scheduled to drop its passengers off at Narvik. One person was killed, two others were seriously injured
Sources:
1. https://www.aibn.no/Luftfart/Rapporter/2000-09?print=1
2. http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/2988307/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jan-2011 12:23 | TB | Added |
| 20-Oct-2012 02:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 05-Jul-2014 01:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Jun-2016 19:55 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
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