ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 16629
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| Date: | Friday 4 January 1991 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  MBB Bo 105CBS-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Norsk Luftambulanse |
| Registration: | LN-OSD |
| MSN: | S-607 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 6 km N of Koppang, Hedmark -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Tynset (16:43) |
| Elverum (ca 17:40) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Whilst en route the pilot became disoriented and the helicopter crashed on ice covered river Glomma, at Prestenget. The accident happened in darkness and poor weather with a variable, low cloud base and visibility less than 0,25 mile. The accident was attributed to the pilot's continued operation under VFR in IMC. Three crew and one passenger were killed.
Sources:
1. Hamburger Abendblatt 8.1.1991
2. https://forum.flyprat.no/archive/index.php/t-15744.html_
3. http://www.ascendworldwide.com/download/Cust/WAAS167_Complete.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2008 13:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Jun-2012 11:43 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Oct-2012 11:20 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Source] |
| 12-May-2016 19:28 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2016 17:43 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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