ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20200
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| Date: | 29-MAY-2008 |
| Time: | 14:13 LT |
| Type: |  Bell UH-1N Iroquois |
| Owner/operator: | Servicio Aéreo Nacional (SAN) |
| Registration: | SAN-100 |
| MSN: | 31434 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Calidonia, Panama City -
 Panama
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | MPEJ |
| MPMG | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Militar Helicopter carrying Chile's top police chief for an anti-terrorism conference crashed into a building. The helicopter exploded when it hit the building. Flight plan was scheduled to depart from Tocumen airport with destination to Colón and then from Colón to Miramar International Hotel, there was a last minute change and the destination was changed to Albrook/Marcos A. Gelabert airport. The accident occurred while en route to Albrook/Marcos A. Gelabert. The possible cause of the accident points to a fault in the Trunnion Assy. Which was already scheduled for replacement.
Sources:
1. https://www.prensa.com/local_2008052914351760.shtml
2. https://www.prensa.com/local_2008052915083932.shtml https://www.prensa.com/local_2008052914045481.shtml
http://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/Gobierno-publico-orden-compra-helicoptero_0_44695539.html
http://www.sanp.gob.pa/2do.htm
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPDF.asp?id=NYC08RA197&rpt=fa
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20080610X00823&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2008 21:06 | p4c0 | Added |
| 29-May-2008 21:10 | harro | Updated |
| 29-May-2008 23:12 | p4c0 | Updated |
| 29-May-2008 23:14 | Fusko | Updated |
| 30-May-2008 01:48 | Dmitriy | Updated |
| 30-May-2008 10:08 | p4c0 | Updated |
| 31-May-2008 23:26 | hp-1202ps | Updated |
| 01-Nov-2008 23:16 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 01-Jun-2010 06:52 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Other fatalities, Source] |
| 08-Nov-2013 16:50 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
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