Accident to the Airbus SE313 registered N577AG on 16/07/2022 at Newcastle

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Belgian authorities:

Impact with terrain while manoeuvring at low speed and low level

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Collision avec le sol lors de manoeuvres à basse vitesse et faible hauteur

General information
Local date	16/07/2022
Responsible entity	Ireland - AAIU
Scope of Investigation	Full (Annex 13) type investigation
State or area of occurrence	Europe and North Atlantic - Ireland
Location	AD Newcastle
Human consequences	Serious
Number of serious injuries	1
Aircraft consequences	Destroyed
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2022-0339

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Rotorcraft - Helicopter - Small/light Helicopter - Small Helicopter
Operator	United States - Private Operator
Manufacturer / Model	AEROSPATIALE - SE313
Aircraft Registration	N577AG
State of registry	United States
Last departure point	Ireland - EINC : Newcastle (Wicklow)
Planned destination	Ireland - EINC : Newcastle (Wicklow)
Flight phase	Manoeuvring
Serial number	1666
Operator Type AG	Unknown
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations

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.