Accident to the Airbus AS350 registered N680DG on 29/01/2019 near Tampa, Florida [Investigation led by NTSB / United States]

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

Pilot was practising auto-rotations, landed hard and bent boom.

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General information
Local date	29/01/2019
Responsible entity	United States - NTSB
State or area of occurrence	United States
Location	Proche AD Tampa
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Substantial
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2019-0034

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter - Small helicopter
Operator	United States (Hillsborough County Sheriffs Office)
Manufacturer / Model	AEROSPATIALE - AS350
Aircraft Registration	N680DG
State of registry	United States
Last departure point	United States of America - KVDF [VDF]Tampa,Fl/Tampa Executive
Planned destination	United States of America - KVDF [VDF]Tampa,Fl/Tampa Executive
Flight phase	Landing
Serial number	3904
Operator Type AG	Government agency
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Flight Training/Instructional - Dual

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