AS350-B2 collision during heli-ski landing at Tsanfleuron Glacier
An AS350-B2 carrying five people from Gstaad for heli-skiing collided with terrain during an approach in increasingly diffuse visibility at Tsanfleuron Glacier.
At a glance
- Date
- 2011-02-17
- Location
- Glacier de Tsanfleuron, Valais, CH
- Activity
- Heli skiing
- Operational phase
- Landing
- Categories
- Aviation
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- Unknown
- Party size
- 6
- Operator
- Unknown
- Flight operator
- Heliswiss
- Investigation authority
- Swiss Accident Investigation Board
- Investigation ID
- 2190
Aircraft
- Eurocopter · AS350 B2 · AS350 · HB-ZHI · Involved
People by role
- Guest
- 5
- Pilot
- 1
Confirmed facts
- The transport was for heli-skiing.
- The helicopter collided with terrain during the landing sequence.
Timeline
2011-02-17
Occurrence
An AS350-B2 carrying five people from Gstaad for heli-skiing collided with terrain during an approach in increasingly diffuse visibility at Tsanfleuron Glacier.
What remains unknown
- Serious injury count is unknown from the selected indexed excerpt.
- Activity-operator identity requires the full report.
Sources
Swiss Accident Investigation Board · Tier A · Primary source · Final investigation · DE
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Revision history
- v2 · 22/08/2026 — Published from approved import batch incident-pilot-2026-08.
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