Accident to the Robinson R44 registered OO-PMI on 15/07/2017 at Nancy Essey (54)

Absence d’arrondi, atterrissage dur et basculement sur le côté, en instruction solo

Responsible entity

France - BEA

Investigation progression Closed

Progress: 100%

Vol solo AD Nancy Essey (54).

Lors du flare (arrondi), le rotor anticouple heurte le sol. L'hélicoptère se renverse.

Final report (FR) (2018/03/07)

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General information
Local date	15/07/2017
Responsible entity	France - BEA
State or area of occurrence	France - 54 Meurthe-et-Moselle
Location	AD Nancy Essey
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Destroyed
Occurrence class	Accident
Occurence category	LOC-I: Loss of control - inflight
File number	BEA2017-0420

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter
Operator	Luxembourg (Héli Luxembourg)
Manufacturer / Model	ROBINSON - R44
Aircraft Registration	OO-PMI
State of registry	Belgium
Last departure point	France - LFSN (ENC): Nancy Essey
Planned destination	France - LFSN (ENC): Nancy Essey
Flight phase	Landing
Serial number	1878
Operator Type AG	Unknown
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Flight Training/Instructional - Solo

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