Accident to the Heli-Sport CH77 Ranabot identified 974PT on 05/08/2023 at Saint-Paul

The final report has been published (April 2025). A courtesy translation into English will be available soon.

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General information
Local date	05/08/2023
Responsible entity	France - BEA
State or area of occurrence	France - 974 Réunion
Location	Saint-Paul
Human consequences	Fatal
Number of death	1
Aircraft consequences	Destroyed
Occurrence class	Accident
Occurence category	AMAN: Abrupt maneuvre, F-POST: Fire/smoke (post-impact), LOC-I: Loss of control - inflight
File number	BEA2023-0341

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Microlight - Microlight-Class 6-Helicopter
Operator	France - Private Operator
Manufacturer / Model	HELISPORT - CH77
Aircraft Registration	974PT
State of registry	France
Last departure point	Reunion (French) - Other (P-F ULM La Saline les Bains)
Planned destination	Reunion (French) (Cirque de Mafate)
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	29
Operator Type AG	Private owner
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Pleasure - Cross Country

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