ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 195789
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| Date: | Monday 22 May 2017 |
| Time: | c. 18:00 LT |
| Type: |  Aerospatiale AS 350B2 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Coastal Helicopters |
| Registration: | N207CH |
| MSN: | 2027 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 13838 hours |
| Engine model: | Turbomeca Arriel 1D1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Herbert Glacier, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Dog Camp, Herbert Glacier |
| Juneau International Airport, AK (JNU/PAJN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
CFIT: contacted snow in deteriorating weather. Upon departing from the glacier, the pilot encountered deteriorating visibility and flat light conditions. She decided to turn back to the departure point and land to wait for conditions to improve; however, during the turn, the helicopter impacted the featureless, snow-covered terrain and came to rest inverted.
No injuries reported. All POB recovered by another helicopter that evening.
The pilot's decision to depart into an area of degraded visual meteorological and flat light conditions, which resulted in a loss of visual references and subsequent controlled flight into terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/aviation/2017/05/26/helicopter-crash-on-glacier-near-juneau-injures-7/
http://www.alaskapublic.org/2017/05/25/ntsb-investigating-helicopter-crash-on-herbert-glacier/
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=207CH
https://www.flickr.com/photos/b737seattle/20590347683
http://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95235/pdf
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-May-2017 19:48 | Aerossurance | Added |
| 30-May-2017 21:12 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2017 21:13 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 12-Jan-2020 17:19 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Source] |
| 03-Dec-2020 20:10 | Aerossurance | Updated [Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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