- Date
- July 20, 2012, 13:35 local (13:35 UTC)
- Place
- Triso, Malaysia
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Aircraft
- N8899Eurocopter EC120B
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 84464
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Factual narrative
On July 20,1012, at 1335 universal coordinated time, a Eurocopter EC120B, N8899, ditched into the Batang Lupar River, near Triso, Malaysia. The helicopter had a United States registration and was operated by the Sebiro Holding Company under the provisions of the Malaysian Civil Aviation Regulations 1996. The commercial pilot was not injured, and three passengers who survived the ditching subsequently drowned in the river. The flight originated at the Kuching International Airport at 0857. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Malaysia. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Malaysia. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Pejabat Ketua Inspektor Kemalangan Udara Kementerian Pengagkutan Malaysia Aras 2, Precinct 4 Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan 62570 PUTRAJAYA Tel: +603.88714000 Fax: +603.88714069
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8899
- Reported as
- Eurocopter EC120B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1541
- Engine
- Turbomeca ARRIUS 2F, 432 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Sebiro Holding
- Registered owner
- Helicopter Asia Inc
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 27, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 196 KB in all.