Accident to the Robinson R44 registered F-HATU on 09/09/2023 at Issoire

Vibrations on landing, tilting to one side

Responsible entity

France - BEA

Investigation progression In progress

Progress: 50%

Lors de l'atterrissage, après une translation pour un ravitaillement, le pilote perd le contrôle de l'hélicoptère pour des raisons inconnues.

The translation below is for information only:

On landing, the pilot lost control of the helicopter for unknown reasons.

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General information
Local date	09/09/2023
Responsible entity	France - BEA
State or area of occurrence	Europe and North Atlantic - France - 87 Haute-Vienne
Location	Issoire
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Substantial
Occurrence class	Accident
Occurence category	LOC-G: Loss of control - ground
File number	BEA2023-0398

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Rotorcraft - Helicopter - Small/light Helicopter - Small Helicopter
Operator	France (Copter)
Manufacturer / Model	ROBINSON - R44
Aircraft Registration	F-HATU
State of registry	France
Last departure point
Planned destination
Flight phase
Serial number
Operator Type AG	Unknown
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Pleasure - Cross Country

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.