ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71936
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 January 2010 |
| Time: | 14:23 |
| Type: |  Robinson R44 Astro |
| Owner/operator: | MidtNorsk Helikopterservice |
| Registration: | LN-OCV |
| MSN: | 0024 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oslofjord near Horten -
 Norway
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Melsomvik |
| Oslo | |
| Investigating agency: | AIBN |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A norwegian owned helicopter, a Robinson R44 Raven 1 Astro with 4 persons onboard, 1 pilot and 3 passengers, crashed at about 14.24 hours in the Oslofjord in the harbour of the city of Horten close to the ferry pier, 280 meters from the shore. The helicopter was performing an airtaxi-flight in formation with another almost identical helicopter R-44 Raven II (LN-OBO) when it went into a spin from low altitude and plunged towards the ice on the fjord. The helicopter broke through the ice and sank to the bottom at the depth of 10 meters. The impact was severe and 4 occupants received fatal injuries and were removed from inside the submerged helicopter 12 hours after the accident followed 6 hours later by wreckage recovery. The weather in the area was calm with good visibility at time of accident, but dense fogg arrived soon after making rescue conditions demanding. Several witnesses describe events as follows: "While at 500 ft, strange noises, parts separating from the helicopter followed by a fast spinning dive"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.aibn.no/Luftfart/Rapporter/2013-20
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/international-23/126460870082930.xml&storylist=international
http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article3489226.ece
https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/helikopteret-er-hevet/64930411
https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/smadret-helikopter-sendes-til-havarikommisjonen/64930916
https://www.planepictures.net/v3/show_en.php?id=857440 (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jan-2010 09:33 | Asyl | Added |
| 27-Jan-2010 10:32 | harro | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2010 20:53 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2010 23:18 | whitehark | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 28-Jan-2010 02:25 | tema95 | Updated [Source] |
| 28-Jan-2010 04:21 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code] |
| 28-Jan-2010 04:24 | RobertMB | Updated [Source] |
| 28-Jan-2010 10:10 | MerlinIIIB | Updated [Location, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 01-Feb-2010 03:11 | whiteshark | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2010 22:56 | harro | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 20-Aug-2014 06:22 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 13-Jan-2022 09:34 | harro | Updated [Accident report] |
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