Accident to the Robinson - R22 registered F-GILS on 07/09/2017 at Mulhouse-Habsheim (Haut-Rhin)
Perte de contrôle lors d'un exercice de vol en stationnaire, collision avec le sol, en instruction
Cat. 2 investigation report: simplified-format report, adapted to the circumstances of the occurrence and the investigation stakes.
The instructor, accompanied by a student pilot, took off from the Mulhouse-Habsheim aerodrome parking area for a 30-minute air experience flight in dual control and flew forward to runway 16.
Once on the runway, he handed over the controls one by one to the student pilot. During an exercise to maintain hover, while the student pilot was only holding the cyclic pitch stick, he lost control of the helicopter.
The student pilot probably over-operated the stick and the helicopter suddenly shifted to the left in a downward path. The instructor was unable to regain control of the helicopter before it struck the ground.