Accident to the Robinson R44 registered F-HLOU on 31/10/23 at Salazie

Loss of control during flight, collision avec le relief

Responsible entity

France - BEA

Investigation progression Closed

Progress: 100%

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

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General information
Local date	31/10/2023
Responsible entity	France - BEA
State or area of occurrence	France - 974 Réunion
Location	Salazie
Human consequences	Fatal
Number of death	4
Aircraft consequences	Destroyed
Occurrence class	Accident
Occurence category	FUEL: Fuel related, LALT: Low altitude operations, LOC-I: Loss of control - inflight, SCF-PP: powerplant failure or malfunction, TURB: Turbulence encounter
File number	BEA2023-0499

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter - Small helicopter
Operator	France - Private Operator
Manufacturer / Model	ROBINSON - R44
Aircraft Registration	F-HLOU
State of registry	France
Last departure point	Reunion (French) - FMEL : SAINT-PAUL/L`EPERON (HEL)
Planned destination	Reunion (French) - FMEL : SAINT-PAUL/L`EPERON (HEL)
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	10158
Operator Type AG	Private owner
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Pleasure - Local

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