Incident Aérospatiale SA 319B Alouette III I-LION,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 29900
 
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Date:Saturday 26 December 1987
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic ALO3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aérospatiale SA 319B Alouette III
Owner/operator:Eli Alpi Srl
Registration: I-LION
MSN: 2187
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Costalunga -   Italy
Phase: Approach
Nature:Ambulance
Departure airport:Bolzano Hospital Helipad
Destination airport:Costalunga / Catinaccio
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
During a rescue mission helicopter collided with a wire rope,crashed in to the side of the mountain and rolling to the valley for 300 metres. All four occupant was severally injuried.

Sources:

Eli Alpi archives

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
7 January 1986 N67102 Rocky Mountain Helicopters 0 Tulsa, OK sub

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
21-Aug-2012 14:10 astazou Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
20-Jan-2015 15:08 Anon. Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport]

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