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Date: | Wednesday 24 July 2013 |
Time: | 15:30 |
Type: | Bell 407 |
Owner/operator: | Trans Bharat Aviation |
Registration: | VT-TBE |
MSN: | 53598 |
Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Garud Chatti, Kedarnath -
India
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Kedarnath |
Destination airport: | Guptkashi |
Investigating agency: | AAIB India |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Crashed under unknown circumstances possibly due to bad weather. Both occupants were killed.
The helicopter was operating on Disaster Relief Operations with Uttarakhand Government since 19th July 2013
Probable cause of the accident
The helicopter after taking off in marginal weather, encountered sudden severe bad weather and while turning back hit the dead cables across the hills resulting into impact with the sloping hill sustaining substantial damages.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | AAIB India |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/dehradun/pilot-technician-killed-in-kedarnath-chopper-crash.html https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=611785272186376&id=218602111504696 https://aaib.gov.in/Reports/2013/Accident/Accepted%20Report%20VT-TBE.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Jul-2013 04:50 |
gerard57 |
Added |
28-Jul-2013 08:51 |
harro |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
28-Jul-2013 08:52 |
harro |
Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Narrative] |
06-Oct-2020 16:58 |
KagurazakaHanayo |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
06-Oct-2020 16:58 |
harro |
Updated [Narrative, Accident report] |
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