Serious incident to the Airbus EC120 registered PR-FPM on 27/05/2020 at Rio de Janeiro [Investigation led by CENIPA / Brazil]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Brazilian authorities:

During the taxi, close to the landing / touch procedure, still in the air, the aircraft quickly turned right and then abruptly touched the ground.

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General information
Local date	27/05/2020
Responsible entity	Brazil - CENIPA
State or area of occurrence	South America - Brazil
Location	Rio de Janeiro
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Minor
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2020-0192

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Rotorcraft - Helicopter - Small/light Helicopter - Small Helicopter
Operator	Brazil - Other (DEPARTAMENTO DE POLICIA RODOV.FEDERAL)
Manufacturer / Model	EUROCOPTER - EC120
Aircraft Registration	PR-FPM
State of registry	Brazil
Last departure point	Brazil - Other
Planned destination	Brazil - SBJR : Rio De Janeiro/Jacarepagua, Rj
Flight phase	Taxi
Serial number	1280
Operator Type AG	Government agency
Operation Type	Natonally Regulated Operations - Police

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.