Date: | Monday 26 October 2020 |
Time: | 23:37 LT |
Type: | Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil |
Owner/operator: | Air Methods Corp |
Registration: | N530H |
MSN: | 4553 |
Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
Total airframe hrs: | 7706 hours |
Engine model: | Turbomeca Arriel 2B1 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Arenas Valley, Grant County, NM - United States of America |
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Silver City, NM (NM85) |
Silver City, NM (94E) | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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#NTSB report on Air Methods AS350B3 Night CFIT in Snow: Repositioning to avoid a storm, this air ambulance crashed just short of its destination on a 3-minute flight. https://t.co/tibz3AluUy #helicopter #airambulance #accident #flightsafety #aviationsafety pic.twitter.com/GK9BTtjiJZ
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) August 21, 2021
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28-Oct-2020 11:24 | Notarhelicopters | Added |
28-Oct-2020 11:59 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
28-Oct-2020 12:00 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
28-Oct-2020 12:53 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
28-Oct-2020 13:12 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
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21-Aug-2021 17:31 | Aerossurance | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
07-Jul-2022 18:21 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |