Accident to the Airbus EC155 registered EI-XHI on 15/09/2022 at Shannon

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Irish authorities:

Loss of control during hover taxi.

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General information
Local date	15/09/2022
Responsible entity	Ireland - AAIU
State or area of occurrence	Europe and North Atlantic - Ireland
Location	AD Shannon
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Substantial
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2022-0460

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Rotorcraft - Helicopter - Large Helicopter
Operator	Ireland (Executive Helicopters Maintenance Limited)
Manufacturer / Model	EUROCOPTER - EC155
Aircraft Registration	EI-XHI
State of registry	Ireland
Last departure point	Ireland
Planned destination	Ireland - EINN (SNN): Shannon
Flight phase	Taxi
Serial number	6643
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Unknown

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.