Accident Aérospatiale AS 350B2 Ecureuil HB-XXL,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 30046
 
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Date:Monday 28 August 2000
Time:10:55 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic AS50 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aérospatiale AS 350B2 Ecureuil
Owner/operator:Heli Bernina AG
Registration: HB-XXL
MSN: 2432
Year of manufacture:1990
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Piz Zupò, GR -   Switzerland
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:Diavolezza - offshore
Destination airport:Piz Zupò - offshore
Investigating agency: BFU Switz.
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The helicopter touched the snow during landing and flipped to the side. It was destroyed. The pilot was killed and the other four occupants were injured.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: BFU Switz.
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1739.pdf

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
29 June 1991 HB-XXL Heli Bernina AG 0 Bergün, GR sub
Heavy landing
6 December 1992 HB-XXL Heli Bernina AG 0 Lagalb, GR sub

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
20-Dec-2010 05:21 Alpine Flight Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
20-Dec-2010 05:21 Alpine Flight Updated [Operator]

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