Accident to the Airbus EC130 registered UP-EC038 on 17/01/2019 at Almaty [Investigation led by AIB / Kazakhstan]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the authorities of Kazakhstan:

Helicopter flew from Borolday airport to south-western side of Almaty city. The dispatcher said that the helicopter had fallen. The wreckage of helicopter were found south-western suburbs of Almaty city. There was only a pilot on aboard.

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General information
Local date	17/01/2019
Responsible entity	Kazakhstan
State or area of occurrence	Kazakhstan
Location	Almaty
Human consequences	Fatal
Number of death	1
Aircraft consequences	Destroyed
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2019-0013

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter - Small helicopter
Operator	Kazakhstan (Skyservice JSC)
Manufacturer / Model	EUROCOPTER - EC130
Aircraft Registration	UP-EC038
State of registry	Kazakhstan
Last departure point	Kazakhstan (Borolday, Almaty area )
Planned destination	Kazakhstan (Bolshaya Almatinka)
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	8311
Operator Type AG	Unknown
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Relocation - Ferry

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