Accident to the Airbus AS350 registered N297SH on 16/09/23 near Ninilchick

Données préliminaires issues de la notification des autorités des États-Unis :

While conducting a part 133 sling load operation, ground personnel became entangled in tag line attached to load and he sustained serious injury.

Aircraft sustained no damage.

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General information
Local date	16/09/2023
Responsible entity	United States - NTSB
State or area of occurrence	United States
Location	Proche Ninilchick
Human consequences	Serious
Number of serious injuries	1
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2023-0444

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter - Small helicopter
Operator	United States (Soloy Helicopters, Inc)
Manufacturer / Model	AEROSPATIALE - AS350
Aircraft Registration	N297SH
State of registry	United States
Last departure point	Alaska (U.S.)
Planned destination	Alaska (U.S.)
Flight phase	Manoeuvring
Serial number
Operator Type AG	Sales/rental/service
Operation Type	Specialised Operations (Aerial Work) - Construction/Sling load

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.