Accident to the helicopter AS350 registered RP-C6828 operated by Skyline Aviation occured on 05/05/16 near Kuching [investigation led by AIB, Malaysia]

Données préliminaires issues de la notification des autorités de Malaisie :

The helicopter was chartered for a passenger flight from Betong to Kuching. It encountered marginal weather and crash landed near a river.

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General information
Local date	06/05/2016
Responsible entity	Malaysia - AIB
State or area of occurrence	Malaysia
Location	Près de Kuching
Human consequences	Fatal
Number of death	6
Aircraft consequences	Destroyed
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2016-0246

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter - Small helicopter
Operator	Philippines (GCA Skyline Aviation, Inc.)
Manufacturer / Model	AEROSPATIALE - AS350
Aircraft Registration	RP-C6828
State of registry	Philippines
Last departure point	Malaysia (Betong)
Planned destination	Malaysia - WBGG (KCH) : Kuching
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	7602
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Air Taxi

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