Accident Guimbal Cabri G2 D-HAVC, Saturday 1 February 2014
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Date:Saturday 1 February 2014
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic G2CA model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Guimbal Cabri G2
Owner/operator:Heli Aviation GmbH
Registration: D-HAVC
MSN: 1015
Year of manufacture:2010
Engine model:Lycoming O-360-J2A
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Augsburg Airport (EDMA) -   Germany
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Training
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: BFU
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
During hovering the helicopter startet suddenly spining around to the right. At the landing attempt the tailrotor hit the ground and the tail was torn off.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: BFU
Report number: BFU 3X002-14
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/augsburg/Hubschrauber-geraet-bei-Schulungsflug-ausser-Kontrolle-id28649657.html
http://forum.helionline.net/login.php?redirect=viewtopic.php&t=8177&sid=012b4d79a98ffc36417ff9c45c64a2e7
https://www.helis.com/database/cn/20020/
http://www.babcockmcsgermany.de
https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/296022-guimbal-cabri-g2.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20140630045318/http://www.bfu-web.de:80/DE/Publikationen/Untersuchungsberichte/UB2014/FBericht_14_3X002_Heli-CabriG2_Augsburg.pdf?;jsessionid=2A8B30F1232D3442D344222B30FF11AA.live1042?__blob=publicationFile

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Feb-2014 18:50 aeronaut Added
02-Feb-2014 07:44 aeronaut Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative, ]
03-Feb-2014 00:13 Geno Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, ]
10-Sep-2014 20:45 Aerossurance Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
28-Oct-2019 15:04 Uli Elch Updated [Location, ]

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