Accident to Airbus Helicopters EC130, registered N11VQ and operated by Blue Hawaiian, on 01/17/2016 at Hanalei [investigation led by NTSB / United States]

Données préliminaires issues de la notification des autorités des Etats Unis : The helicopter experienced a loss of engine power and the pilot performed an autorotation resulting in a hard landing. Damage to landing skids and tailboom.

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General information
Local date	17/01/2016
Responsible entity	United States - NTSB
State or area of occurrence	United States
Location	Hanalei
Human consequences	Serious
Number of serious injuries	3
Aircraft consequences	Substantial
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2016-0042

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter
Operator	United States (Blue Hawaiian)
Manufacturer / Model	EUROCOPTER - EC130
Aircraft Registration	N11VQ
State of registry	United States
Last departure point	Hawaii (U.S.) - PHLI (LIH) [LIH] Lihue, Hi/Lihue
Planned destination	Hawaii (U.S.) - PHLI (LIH) [LIH] Lihue, Hi/Lihue
Flight phase	En route
Serial number
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger

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