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| Date: | Friday 16 September 2016 |
| Time: | 19:20 LT |
| Type: |  Guimbal Cabri G2 |
| Owner/operator: | EFAI - Escola de Aviação Civil Ltda |
| Registration: | PR-EFC |
| MSN: | 1120 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-J2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Contagem, Minas Gerais -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | SNHN |
| SNHN | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A helicopter crashed just after takeoff . The aircraft's occupants were only lightly injured.
Contributing Factors
- Implementation of commands - contributed;
- Training and capacitation - undetermined;
- Piloting trial - contributed; and
- Little pilot experience - undetermined.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://g1.globo.com/minas-gerais/noticia/2016/09/aeronave-cai-em-rua-de-contagem-na-grande-bh-nesta-sexta-feira.html
https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/gerais/2016/09/16/interna_gerais,804927/helicoptero-cai-em-contagem-e-instrutora-fica-ferida.shtml
https://bhaz.com.br/2016/09/17/helicoptero-cai-em-contagem-e-deixa-duas-pessoas-feridas/
http://sistema.cenipa.aer.mil.br/cenipa/paginas/relatorios/rf/pt/PR-EFC_16_09_2016-_AC.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 April 2022 | PR-EFC | EFAI - Escola de aviação Civil Ltd | 0 | Near Contagem-EFAI Helipad, MG (SNHN) | |
w/o |
| Loss of control | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Sep-2016 06:10 | junior sjc | Added |
| 17-Sep-2016 15:29 | strobe | Updated [Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Sep-2016 06:36 | cleberjc | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-May-2020 14:55 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 26-May-2020 14:56 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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