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Date: | Monday 22 June 2015 |
Time: | |
Type: | Eurocopter AS 350B3e Ecureuil |
Owner/operator: | Simrik Air |
Registration: | 9N-AKF |
MSN: | 7411 |
Year of manufacture: | 2012 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Sanagaun, Gorkha -
Nepal
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Consumed by fire after landing. Some reports suggest the aircraft over turned on a slope. It is also being reported the aircraft had made an emergency landing after a bird strike. Aircraft on contract to Office of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
Sources:
http://directionkathmandu.com/information/simrik-air-helicopter-catches-fire-in-gorkha/ https://www.aviationnepal.com/simrik-airs-kilo-foxtrot-9n-akf-suffers-from-fire-during-emergency-landing/ http://archive.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2015/06/22/how-simrik-helicopter-caught-fire/ http://video.europenepalprograms.com/2015/06/simrik-helicopter-crashes-in-western.html Media:
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Jun-2015 13:05 |
geni |
Added |
22-Jun-2015 13:08 |
harro |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
22-Jun-2015 20:49 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
29-Jun-2015 11:29 |
Anon. |
Updated [Cn] |
09-Oct-2015 14:17 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
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