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2011 Dalamot helicopter crash

4 Jul 2011 · Dalamot, Ullensvang, Norway

Airlift Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil · Loss of control due to abrupt maneuver

From Kinsarvik to Kinsarvik

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
5 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
5
Survivors
0
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Unknown

Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil

Aircraft type
Eurocopter AS350
Category
Helicopter · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
LN-OXC
Operator
Airlift
Onboard fatalities
5
Route
From KinsarvikTo Kinsarvik

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

On 4 July 2011, a Airlift Eurocopter AS 350 helicopter crashed in Dalamot in the Ullensvang Municipality, killing all five people on board.

The accident was investigated by the Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority (SHT). The SHT concluded that the accident was caused by a "sudden maneuver."

Text from the Wikipedia article “2011 Dalamot helicopter crash” (revision 1374860410, retrieved 2026-09-18) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out. Read the article

Sources

Wikipedia article: 2011 Dalamot helicopter crash
Article
2011 Dalamot helicopter crash
Revision
1374860410 · 2026-09-14 · retrieved 2026-09-18
Wikidata
Q11974851
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Record
Wikipedia article "2011 Dalamot helicopter crash" (page 84117536, revision 1374860410)
Date
Wikipedia infobox: date
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
Wikipedia article coordinates
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
not stated in the Wikipedia article's infobox or opening paragraph
Fatalities
Reviewed correction (2026-09-19): The infobox gives 4 fatalities but also 5 occupants and no survivors; the article's text says all five people on board were killed, as do the Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk) articles.
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (2)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.
  • The Wikipedia infobox's counts don't add up (4 fatalities and 0 survivors of 5 aboard); they are shown as the article gives them.