Incident Eurocopter EC 120B Colibri RA-04049,
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Date:Sunday 21 July 2013
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic EC20 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Eurocopter EC 120B Colibri
Owner/operator:private
Registration: RA-04049
MSN: 1341
Year of manufacture:2003
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Runda River, Murmansk region, Kola Peninsula -   Russia
Phase: Take off
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
An EC-120 helicopter landed on a helipad at a fishing camp. It suddenly rolled over when the passengers had gotten off the helicopter but were under the disc. Three people suffered fatal injuries after being struck by rotor blades or debris. The pilot was injured.

Sources:

http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=1108308
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://plus.google.com/photos/103768437430570250925/albums/5903334185126653921?banner=pwa&authkey=CLGUqbPVlafNmQE] (place of crash)
https://www.newsru.com/russia/31jul2013/avariamak.html (more photo)
https://mak-iac.org/russian/investigations/2013/es-120_ra-04049.html
https://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/news/regional/safety-fears-over-helicopter-deaths-1-6358341

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-Jul-2013 03:30 AndreyZ Added
22-Jul-2013 03:35 harro Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Narrative]
22-Jul-2013 09:59 krasatpi Updated [Source]
22-Jul-2013 13:47 Hans Gruber Updated [Time, Operator, Source]
22-Jul-2013 14:15 Anon. Updated [Source]
28-Jul-2013 17:05 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
01-Aug-2013 16:34 Hans Gruber Updated [Source]
15-Oct-2014 22:13 Aerossurance Updated [Source, Narrative]

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