Serious incident to the Airbus AS365 registered D-HNHA on 01/06/2020 at St Peter Ording [Investigation led by BFU / Germany]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the German authorities:

Helicopter pitched up due to failure in steering connections.

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General information
Local date	01/06/2020
Responsible entity	Germany - BFU
State or area of occurrence	Germany
Location	AD St Peter-Ording
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Minor
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2020-0191

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter - Large helicopter
Operator	Germany - Northern HeliCopter GmbH
Manufacturer / Model	AEROSPATIALE - AS365
Aircraft Registration	D-HNHA
State of registry	Germany
Last departure point	Germany - EDXO (PSH): ST. PETER-ORDING
Planned destination	Germany - Other
Flight phase	Take-off
Serial number	6699
Operator Type AG	Sales/rental/service
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - HEMS

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.