Accident to the Airbus AS350 registered 5Y-CCP operated by Tropical Air on 04/08/2022 at Lake Logipi

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Kenyan authorities:

Emergency landing on a difficult environment.

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General information
Local date	04/08/2022
Responsible entity	Kenya - AIB
State or area of occurrence	Africa - Kenya
Location	Lac Logipi
Human consequences	Serious
Number of serious injuries	1
Aircraft consequences	Destroyed
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2022-0382

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Rotorcraft - Helicopter - Small/light Helicopter - Small Helicopter
Operator	Kenya (Tropical Air)
Manufacturer / Model	AEROSPATIALE - AS350
Aircraft Registration	5Y-CCP
State of registry	Kenya
Last departure point	Kenya - Unknown
Planned destination	Kenya - Unknown
Flight phase	Unknown
Serial number	7448
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger

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.