Accident Enstrom 280C Shark HB-XET,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48239
 
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Date:Friday 27 January 1978
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic EN28 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Enstrom 280C Shark
Owner/operator:Heliflug AG
Registration: HB-XET
MSN: 1105
Year of manufacture:1977
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Disentis -   Switzerland
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Disentis
Destination airport:Disentis
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
On approach to the provisional landing site in Salapleuna near Disentis, the helicopter spotted a steel cable of a no longer operating material cable car and crashed about 500 meters east of the Fontanivas campground.

Sources:

http://www.swissheli.com/history/hb-xet.htm
http://www.rotorspot.nl/product/enstrom.php
World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
Eye witness

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Nov-2008 10:15 ASN archive Added
25-Oct-2012 17:53 Dr. John Smith Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Apr-2013 17:42 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]
28-Apr-2013 15:50 TB Updated [Source, Narrative]
27-Apr-2020 12:22 bele Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source]
27-Apr-2020 12:23 bele Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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