Accident to the Robinson R22 registered F-GJYB on 11/01/2024 at Cannes

The final report has been published (June 2026). A courtesy translation into English will be available soon.

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General information
Local date	11/01/2024
Responsible entity	France - BEA
State or area of occurrence	France - 06 Alpes-Maritimes
Location	Near Cannes AD
Human consequences	Fatal
Number of death	2
Aircraft consequences	Destroyed
Occurrence class	Accident
Occurence category	LOC-I: Loss of control - inflight, UNK: Unknown or undetermined
File number	BEA2024-0010

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter - Small helicopter
Operator	France (Greenbees)
Manufacturer / Model	ROBINSON - R22
Aircraft Registration	F-GJYB
State of registry	France
Last departure point	France - LFMD (CEQ) : Cannes Mandelieu
Planned destination	France - LFMD (CEQ) : Cannes Mandelieu
Flight phase	Take-off
Serial number	3021
Operator Type AG	Flying club/school
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Flight Training/Instructional - Dual

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.