ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 16601
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| Date: | Thursday 18 January 1996 |
| Time: | 08:45 LT |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale AS 332L1 Super Puma |
| Owner/operator: | Helikopter Service |
| Registration: | LN-OBP |
| MSN: | 2308 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | North Sea, 40nm SW Sola -
 Norway
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Offshore |
| Departure airport: | Stavanger |
| Offshore inslallations | |
| Investigating agency: | AIBN |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Ditched (in winds 25-30 kts, waves 3-4m [Sea State 5]) after vibrations caused by erosion of a main rotor blade leading edge strip that peeled open in-flight.
On contract to BP Norge.
Capsized overnight as wave height increased to 7-8m (Sea State 7). Sank at 17:00 on 19 Jan. Salvaged 27 Jan and became instructional airframe at Sola
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Norwegian Civil Aircraft since 1919 / K. Hagby, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 2 7)
https://www.aibn.no/Luftfart/Rapporter/1998-02-eng
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2008 13:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Feb-2010 00:19 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2010 10:05 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 13-Jun-2010 13:18 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 16-Aug-2014 20:15 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2014 10:07 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2016 19:59 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 30-Jul-2019 08:00 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Oct-2023 18:33 | harro | Updated [[Source]] |
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