ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 30951
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1998 |
| Time: | 14:10 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Heli Inter Guayane |
| Registration: | F-GOLD |
| MSN: | 2590 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Roura, near the Comtee River, 10 nm from Cayenne-Rochambeau -
 French Guiana
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Turtle Creek, French Guiana |
| Cayenne-Rochambeau Airport (CAY/SOCA) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 26 June 1998, during a connection flight over the Amazon rainforest between Turtle Creek and Cayenne-Rochambeau Airport, the helicopter engine stopped. The pilot sent out a distress call and attempted an emergency landing at Roura, near the Carbet Bamyrag. The helicopter collided violently into the trees and then struck front end first into the ground. The cockpit floor was deformed by the shock of the impact. The pilot (sole person on board) was killed.
The accident area was flat, and was located in the Amazon forest to ten nautical miles from the airport Cayenne-Rochambeau and eighty meters north of the Comtée River.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
2. http://www.bea.aero/docspa/1998/f-ld980626/pdf/f-ld980626.pdf 3. http://www.air-azur.com/displayimage.php?pid=1561 4. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1999/1999
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Aug-2012 01:55 | astazou | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage] |
| 05-Jul-2014 21:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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