Incident to the Airbus EC225 registered PR-OMW on 15/04/2021 at Carauari

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Brazilian authorities:

The aircraft took off from the eventual landing area known as RNB-02 - Buriti (ZZZZ), municipality of Caruari, AM, at 14h58min (UTC), with two crew members on board, direct to the eventual landing area known as 'Fortaleza Base' (ZZZZ), municipality of Carauari, AM, in order to perform an external-load operation, with two crew members on board. During the approach to landing at the destination, the external-load was accidentally released.

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General information
Local date	15/04/2021
Responsible entity	Brazil - CENIPA
State or area of occurrence	Brazil
Location	Carauari, AM
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Incident
File number	BEA2021-0184

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter - Large helicopter
Operator	Brazil (Omni Taxi Aereo S.A.)
Manufacturer / Model	EUROCOPTER - EC225
Aircraft Registration	PR-OMW
State of registry	Brazil
Last departure point	Brazil - Other (Base RNB 2 - Buriti, Carauari, AM)
Planned destination	Brazil - Other (Base Fortaleza, Carauari, AM)
Flight phase	Approach
Serial number	2835
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Specialised Operations (Aerial Work) - Construction/Sling load

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