Accident to the Airbus AS365 registered NA-106 on 05/12/2018 near Taipei [Investigation led by ASC / Taiwan]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Taïwan authorities:

On December 5th, 2018, the National Airborne Service Corps (NASC), Ministry of Interior, an AS-365 helicopter, registration No. NA-106, took off from Taipei Songshan Airport at 1653 local time to carry out a sea emergency medical hoist up rescue mission, with 5 crewmembers on board. At about 1750 local time, after patient hoisted, the rescue staff was found inconscious after hoisted back to the helicopter. Both the patient and the rescue staff were sent to hospital for immediate medical treatment after returning to Songshan Airport.

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General information
Local date	05/12/2018
Responsible entity	Taiwan - ASC
State or area of occurrence	Taiwan
Location	Depuis AD Taipei Songshan
Human consequences	Fatal
Number of death	1
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2018-0876

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter - Large helicopter
Operator	Taiwan - Other
Manufacturer / Model	AEROSPATIALE - AS365
Aircraft Registration	NA-106
State of registry	Taiwan
Last departure point	Taiwan - RCSS (TSA): Taibei/Songshan
Planned destination	Taiwan - RCSS (TSA): Taibei/Songshan
Flight phase	Manoeuvring
Serial number
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Natonally Regulated Operations - Search and Rescue

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