Accident to an Airbus EC135 on 26/02/2019 in the Cayman Islands [Investigation led by AAIB / United Kingdom]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the United Kindgom authorities:

Cyclic control problem while lifting into hover resulting in heavy landing.

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General information
Local date	26/02/2019
Responsible entity	United Kingdom - AAIB
State or area of occurrence	Cayman Islands
Location	AD Owen Roberts Intl
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Substantial
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2019-0088

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter - Small helicopter
Operator	Unknown - Unknown
Manufacturer / Model	EUROCOPTER - EC135
Aircraft Registration	VP-CPS
State of registry	Cayman Islands
Last departure point	Cayman Islands (U.K.) - MWCR (GCM): Owen Roberts Intl/ Grand Cayman
Planned destination	Unknown
Flight phase	Manoeuvring
Serial number	0107
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Flight Training/Instructional - Dual

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.