Incident Robinson R44 Raven II B-7048,
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Date:Monday 16 May 2011
Time:09:28 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic R44 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Robinson R44 Raven II
Owner/operator:HSBIAA, op. for BMFPB
Registration: B-7048
MSN: 12905
Year of manufacture:2009
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Tongzhou District, Beijing -   China
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Agricultural
Departure airport:Tongzhou District of Beijing
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
A civilian helicopter crashed Monday morning while spraying pesticide in suburban Beijing, police said.

The helicopter's injured pilot was rushed to a hospital after the helicopter went down in the village of Luxinzhuang at 9:28 a.m., said a spokesman with the municipal police bureau. The helicopter, owned by a company from central China's Hubei Province, was hired by Beijing's landscape and forestry bureau, according to a preliminary investigation.

No one on the ground was hurt and an investigation is underway, the spokesman said.

ACRONYMS:
HSBIAA - Hubei Sky-Blue International Aviation Academy
BMFPB - Beijing Municipal Forestry and Parks Bureau

Sources:

HSBIAA. Public Transfer Statement. 2015/10.
http://china-defense-mashup.com/one-helicopter-crashes-in-suburban-beijing.html
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/SETlZuwHwNB/Agricultural+Helicopter+Crashes+Beijing+Suburbs/OEBFKaJvQHq
http://bbs.feeyo.com/posts/528/topic-00411-5281652.html [Chinese text]
http://web.archive.org/web/20120904141736/http://www.rotorspot.nl:80/b-1.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-May-2011 02:13 gerard57 Added
17-May-2011 03:05 RobertMB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration]
22-Jul-2011 01:47 dens69 Updated [Registration, Cn, Source]
18-Feb-2012 17:20 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
13-Aug-2023 06:13 RDV Updated [[Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]]

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