Accident to the Airbus EC120 registered LY-HCC on 11/09/2021 at Paluknys

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Lithuanian authorities:

During the emergency landing simulation, the helicopter hit into the ground with impact. After first inspection was found broken landing skid and damaged tail skid.

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General information
Local date	11/09/2021
Responsible entity	Lithuania - AIB
State or area of occurrence	Europe and North Atlantic - Lithuania
Location	Paluknys
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Substantial
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2021-0459

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Rotorcraft - Helicopter - Small/light Helicopter - Small Helicopter
Operator	Lithuania
Manufacturer / Model	EUROCOPTER - EC120
Aircraft Registration	LY-HCC
State of registry	Lithuania
Last departure point	Lithuania - EYPH:PALUKNYS/AVR
Planned destination	Lithuania - EYPH:PALUKNYS/AVR
Flight phase	Landing
Serial number	1367
Operator Type AG	Government agency
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Flight Training/Instructional

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.