Serious incident to a helicopter Airbus AS350 on 30/08/2018 at Grand Cayman [Investigation led by AAIB / United Kingdom]

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

Reported tail rotor linkage failure.

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General information
Local date	30/08/2018
Responsible entity	United Kingdom - AAIB
State or area of occurrence	Cayman Islands
Location	AD Owen Roberts International - Grand Cayman
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Minor
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2018-0691

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter - Small helicopter
Operator	Cayman Islands - Other (Cayman Islands Helicopters)
Manufacturer / Model	AEROSPATIALE - AS350
Aircraft Registration	VP-CIH
State of registry	Cayman Islands
Last departure point	Cayman Islands (U.K.) - MWCR (GCM): Owen Roberts Intl/ Grand Cayman
Planned destination	Cayman Islands (U.K.) - MWCR (GCM): Owen Roberts Intl/ Grand Cayman
Flight phase	Approach
Serial number	1411
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Sightseeing

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