Serious incident to the helicopter EC130 registered AP-BKH and operated by par Princely Jets on 12/01/2018 near Islamabad [Investigation led by AIB / Pakistan]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the authorities of Pakistan :

The helicopter made a precautionary landing on Mandra Chakwal road due to servo and hydraulic caution light illuminated coupled with burning smell and smoke in the cockpit. Post flight inspection found thath the R/H hydraulic system belt was broken.

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General information
Local date	12/01/2018
Responsible entity	Pakistan - AIB
State or area of occurrence	Pakistan
Location	Islamabad
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2018-0022

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter - Small helicopter
Operator	Pakistan - Princely Jets (Pvt)
Manufacturer / Model	EUROCOPTER - EC130
Aircraft Registration	AP-BKH
State of registry	Pakistan
Last departure point	Pakistan (Bani Gala)
Planned destination	Pakistan (Sial Sharif)
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	7325
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger

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