Serious incident to an Airbus EC175 on 23/09/2020 at Aberdeen AD

Preliminary data based on the notification from the United Kingdom authorities:

Failure of recently-overhauled main gear box during ground run.

Significant damage to the main gear box

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General information
Local date	23/09/2020
Responsible entity	United Kingdom - AAIB
State or area of occurrence	United Kingdom
Location	AD Aberdeen
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Incident
File number	BEA2020-0431

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter - Large helicopter
Operator	United Kingdom - CHC Scotia Ltd
Manufacturer / Model	EUROCOPTER - EC175
Aircraft Registration	G-EMEB
State of registry	United Kingdom
Last departure point	United Kingdom - EGPD (ABZ): Aberdeen/Dyce
Planned destination	United Kingdom - EGPD (ABZ): Aberdeen/Dyce
Flight phase	Not Applicable
Serial number	5030
Operator Type AG	Unknown
Operation Type	Not Applicable

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.