Incident Agusta A109A Mk II HB-XJA,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48373
 
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Date:Thursday 10 April 2003
Time:19:15 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic A109 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Agusta A109A Mk II
Owner/operator:Hoppe AG
Registration: HB-XJA
MSN: 7317
Year of manufacture:1985
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Mount Terza, GR -   Switzerland
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Sursee - offshore
Destination airport:Müstair
Investigating agency: BFU Switz.
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Touched the snow with the main rotor during landing and crashed to the ground. It skidded 70m to the valley and flipped over two times. The helicopter was destroyed. Two occupants were seriously injured, the other one minor.

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

Sources:

Scamble 289
http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.asp?accidentkey=19825
http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1834.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Nov-2008 10:15 ASN archive Added
27-Jan-2010 09:54 Alpine Flight Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
19-Feb-2011 10:14 Alpine Flight Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]

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