ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20511
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| Date: | Sunday 1 June 2008 |
| Time: | 17:16 |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-64F (CH-54B) |
| Owner/operator: | Erickson Air-Crane |
| Registration: | N163AC |
| MSN: | 64-093 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lago Piccolo di Avigliana, Torino -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Aeritalia Airport, Torino |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Was replenishing the water tank via sea-snorkel in poor visibility conditions (during a fire suppressing demonstration flight,) and crashed into the lake.
As of 6/5/08, recovery operations were underway to return the aircraft to the primary maintenance/overhaul/manufacturing facility in Oregon.
Ex CH-54B Tarhe/70-18485/US Army and named "Helitanker 738".
Sources:
1. http://www.ansv.it/It/Detail.asp?ID=993
2. http://www3.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20080606X00801&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jun-2008 11:34 | harro | Added |
| 05-Jun-2008 23:27 | Alpinwolf | Updated |
| 07-Jun-2008 10:42 | Fusko | Updated |
| 25-Dec-2009 09:32 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2011 10:14 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:16 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:20 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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