CHC S76 accident in Baku

[Cyclic Hotline]

This information was posted yesterday on another site. Anyone have any further information?

http://www.bakutoday.net

Canadian Helicopter Crashed In Baku Airport

Helicopter ‘Sikorski-76’ that belonged to the ‘Canadian Helicopters’ Company crashed in Bina settlement of Baku today, ANS TV reported today.

15/03/2003 03:44
Baku Today

According to AzerTac State news agency, after landing in the landing strip in the helicopter occurred fire. No human loss reported, as the crew abandoned it timely. Fire was extinguished by the fire safety group of the airport.
Investigation to the case was launched by experts of the ‘Canadian Helicopters’ Company.

[peter manktelow]

I hear it may have been a training sortie.

as a current tng pilot.....sure am anxious to hear further details

[407 Driver]

Sounds like an Auto gone bad.
Reports say the aircraft landed very hard, cleaned the gear off, then skidded on it's belly, exposing fuel. Is it a common practice to do full-ons during training? In my CHC 212 days, we were not allowed?

There's a bit more on canadianaviation.com or CAavaition.com.