Incident Aérospatiale SA 319B Alouette III HB-XNS,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 83271
 
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Date:Wednesday 13 March 1991
Time:14:53 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic ALO3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aérospatiale SA 319B Alouette III
Owner/operator:Swiss Air Ambulance Ltd.
Registration: HB-XNS
MSN: 2389
Year of manufacture:1982
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: None
Location:Adelboden, BE -   Switzerland
Phase: En route
Nature:Ambulance
Departure airport:Adelboden - offshore
Destination airport:Adelboden - offshore
Investigating agency: BFU Switz.
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The main rotor downdraft blowed down a paraglider during an ambulance employment. The paraglider was killed.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: BFU Switz.
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1473.pdf

Revision history:

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11-Dec-2010 08:44 Alpine Flight Added

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