ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140544
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| Date: | Friday 27 June 1980 |
| Time: | 13:57 |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama |
| Owner/operator: | Heli-Services (Hong Kong) |
| Registration: | VR-HHS |
| MSN: | 2532 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Tsuen Wan, New Territories -
 Hong Kong
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Site 78 |
| Pad 7 | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The helicopter, with two people on board, took off from a construction site to return to a landing pad where the pilot intended to shut down and await the passing of a heavy storm which was fast approaching the area from the south-west. En-route to the pad the helicopter was overtaken by the weather and the pilot reported he could no longer see the pad and would go and land elsewhere. This was the last contact with the helicopter which crashed shortly afterwards killing both occupants (35/42). The helicopter was destroyed by the impact.
The accident occurred most probably because the pilot became disorientated when he lost visual contact with the surface, due either to the very heavy rain storm or to the inside of the canopy becoming fogged up when the outside air temperature dropped markedly in the rain.
Sources:
http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/HKG/B35832915.pdf
The Straits Times 2 July 1980, p12
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Dec-2011 13:15 | harro | Added |
| 24-Feb-2019 15:21 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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