News: AS 350B2 Ecureuil HB-ZAM substantial damaged

[Stratofreighter]

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=122528

Date: 19-MAY-2011
Time: <12:00 LT

Type:
Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil
Operator: Mountain Flyers 80 Ltd - Kunert Aircraft Asset GbR
Registration: HB-ZAM
C/n / msn: 4510

Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities: 0
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)

Location: Niederösch, Bern - Switzerland
Phase: En route
Nature: Training
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The helicopter (operated by Mountain Flyers 80 Ltd. and owned by Kunert Aircraft Asset GbR) crashed in a field near Niederösch on a training flight.

All three occupants survived.

Sources:
http://bazonline.ch/panorama/vermischte ... y/24484535
http://www.watcher.ch/index.php/niedero ... terunfall/
http://www.20min.ch/news/bern/story/23059156

[Jack]

The helicopter is substantial damaged in the crash but I doubt if it is a damaged beyond repair as the cabinstructure of this 2008-built Ecureuil looks well at the images.

see also the AAIB report: http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/HB-ZAM.pdf

="Stratofreighter Date: 19-MAY-2011
Time: 12:00 LT
Type: Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
All three occupants survived.