During landing phase, helicopter fell on its port side, killing the pilot. 3 of the 5 passengers were slightly injured. Pilot named in prelim accident report as Schweizer Bürger
- Date
- May 13, 2017
- Reg
- HB-ZTM
- MSN
- 3816
- Location
- Petersgrat mountain, between Kandersteg BE and the Lötschental
- Country
- Switzerland
- CivilMilitary
- Civil
- Fatal
- 1
- Operator
- Mountain-Flyers-80
- Link 1
- https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jungfrauzeitung.ch%2Fartikel%2F154500%2F&edit-text=
- Link 2
- http://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/bern/pilot-tot-mehrere-passagiere-verletzt-helikopter-stuerzt-bei-kandersteg-be-ab-id6673936.html
- Link 3
- http://www.lacote.ch/articles/suisse/berne-un-accident-d-helicoptere-fait-un-mort-et-cinq-blesses-au-petersgrat-670646
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