Hard landing Incident Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil OE-XHP,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 69429
 
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Date:Friday 23 October 2009
Time:08:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic AS50 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil
Owner/operator:Wucher Helicopter
Registration: OE-XHP
MSN: 3812
Year of manufacture:2004
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Altenmarkt/Pongau -   Austria
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Altenmarkt/Pongau
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The pilot was forced to make an emergency landing from a height of 150 metres shortly after take-off due to a loss of power. The helicopter sustained substantial damages to the tail boom because of a hard landing. Both occupants escaped uninjured.

Sources:

1. http://oesterreich.orf.at/salzburg/stories/398373/
2. http://www.salzburg24.at/hubschrauber-bei-notlandung-in-altenmarkt-beschaedigt/news-20091023-01571941
3. http://ondemand.orf.at/bheute/player.php?id=sbg&day=2009-10-23&offset=00:03:10 (video)

Media:

Wucher Helicopter Eurocopter AS-350B-3 Ecureuil (OE-XHP, cn 3812) at St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport (LSZR) 21 August 2011 Eurocopter AS-350B-3 Ecureuil OE-XHP LSZR

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Oct-2009 00:35 Alpine Flight Added
26-Oct-2009 01:12 Alpine Flight Updated
26-Oct-2009 05:03 RobertMB Updated
05-Oct-2013 20:26 Alpine Flight Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative]
26-Jul-2014 23:45 Dr. John Smith Updated [Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]

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