ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 24036
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 November 2000 |
| Time: | 08:49 LT |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale AS 350B1 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Mining Company of the South Pacific (SMSP) |
| Registration: | F-ODYP |
| MSN: | 2303 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chefao, between Boulouparis and Thio -
 New Caledonia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Noumea-Magenta Airport (GEA/NWWM) |
| Canala, New Caldeonia (NWWX) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
An Aérospatiale AS 350B1 Ecureuil crashed into high ground in a forested area at Chefao, New Caledonia, killing all seven persons on board. Reportedly a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain). The helicopter F-ODYP departed the Airfield at Noumea-Magenta at 21:26 UTC with seven people on board (pilot and six passengers) heading to the Nakety Nickel Mines near Calana in North Province, Grande Terre, New Caledonia.
The last radio contact with F-ODYP takes place at 21:44. The pilot reports "through Zulu". He says he "found a hole for "it"...will see if it goes a little further". At 21:57, the controller tries to contact the helicopter pilot, but he did not answer. The estimated time of arrival at Nakéty was around 22:15. Having still not gotten in touch with the pilot, the air traffic controller made a series of phone calls to see if the helicopter had arrived.
The organization of air traffic triggers emergency phases. ALFA received the post at 24:23, and at 23:53 DETRESFA. With indications from an eyewitness, the wreckage was found about 02:00, in a wooded mountainous area in the Chefão locality, between the communities of Boulouparis and Thio, Grande Terre, New Caledonia
Based on the evidence, the time of the accident is Estimated at 21:49. Contemporary press reports named five of the seven killed as Raphael Pidjot, President of SMSP, and Pierre Thollot, a biologist with Falconbridge Nouvelle Caledonie, Jean Pierre Lapous, Jean Pierre Gastaldi, and Regis Vivier.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.bea.aero/docspa/2000/f-yp001127/htm/f-yp001127.html
2. http://www.bea.aero/docspa/2000/f-yp001127/pdf/f-yp001127.pdf
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=3992
4. http://pidp.org/archive/2001/February/02-22-14.htm
5. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2001/2001
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Jun-2014 20:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2021 18:43 | harro | Updated [Date, Time, Narrative] |
| 15-Dec-2021 03:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 17-Mar-2022 19:39 | PolandMoment | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Aug-2022 22:50 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative] |
| 10-Aug-2022 22:53 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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