Accident to a Eurocopter EC130 registered N133HN and operated by Fifth Third Equipment occured on 01/09/16 at Belfast (USA) [investigation led by NTSB / United States]]

Données Préliminaires reçues de la notification des Autorités des Etats-unis :

Helicopter lost the sliding door in flight. damaged rotor blades and cowling.

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General information
Local date	29/01/2016
Responsible entity	United States - NTSB
State or area of occurrence	United States
Location	Belfast
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Substantial
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2016-0080

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter - Small helicopter
Operator	United States (Fifth Third Equipment Finance)
Manufacturer / Model	EUROCOPTER - EC130
Aircraft Registration	N133HN
State of registry	United States
Last departure point	United States of America - [WV27] Huntington, Wv/Cabell Huntington Hospital
Planned destination	United States of America - [TN72] Waverly, Tn/Three Rivers Hospital
Flight phase	En route
Serial number
Operator Type AG	Corporate/executive
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Air Taxi

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.