Serious Incident to an AEROSPATIALE AS350 registered F-GKYG on 01/03/16 in French Guiana

Perte d'une charge transportée sous élingue en croisière

Responsible entity

France - BEA

Investigation progression Closed

Progress: 100%

Vol Tonnegrande (973) - SOFN (973).

Perte en vol d'une charge transportée sous élingue. Atterrissage à destination sans autre problème.

Photo (c) Kurt Greul / http://www.jetphotos.net — F-GKYG

Final report (FR) (2017/10/17)

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General information
Local date	03/01/2016
Responsible entity	France - BEA
State or area of occurrence	France - 973 French Guyana
Location	depuis Tonnegrande
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Minor
Occurrence class	Serious incident
Occurence category	EXTL: External load related occurrences
File number	BEA2016-0004

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter
Operator	France - SN THS
Manufacturer / Model	AEROSPATIALE - AS350
Aircraft Registration	F-GKYG
State of registry	France
Last departure point	French Guyana (H-S Tonnegrande)
Planned destination	French Guyana (H-S Sofn)
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	1536
Operator Type AG	Sales/rental/service
Operation Type	Specialised Operations (Aerial Work) - Construction/Sling load

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.