Accident to the Airbus AS350 registered JU-688 on 25/09/2022 at Argalant

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Mongolian authorities:

Failure of tail boom and damages to main rotor during hard landing

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General information
Local date	25/09/2022
Responsible entity	Mongolia - AIB
State or area of occurrence	Asia - Mongolia
Location	Proche Argalant
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Substantial
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2022-0475

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Rotorcraft - Helicopter - Small/light Helicopter - Small Helicopter
Operator	Mongolia (Mongolian Airways)
Manufacturer / Model	AEROSPATIALE - AS350
Aircraft Registration	JU-6888
State of registry	Mongolia
Last departure point	Mongolia
Planned destination	Mongolia
Flight phase	Unknown
Serial number	7096
Operator Type AG	Unknown
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Other

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.