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| Date: | Saturday 15 July 2017 |
| Time: | 12:15 |
| Type: |  Robinson R-44 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | OO-PMI |
| MSN: | 1878 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540-F1B5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nancy-Essey (ENC/LFSN) -
 France
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Nancy-Essey (ENC/LFSN) |
| Nancy-Essey (ENC/LFSN) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter failed to flare during landing and rolled over on touchdown. The pilot was slightly injured.
CONCLUSION:
The collected data do not allow to determine the origin of the absence of the flare.
To achieve a precision pose, the most suitable approach is an approach with a gradual reduction of the speed and descent rate rather than a constant speed approach, after which the engine power required to achieve the flare will be more important, as well as the actions to be exerted on the controls.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.estrepublicain.fr/edition-de-nancy-ville/2017/07/15/un-helicoptere-s-est-crashe-peu-avant-midi-sur-l-aeroport-de-nancy-tomblaine
http://www.estrepublicain.fr/edition-de-nancy-agglomeration/2017/07/17/crash-d-helico-l-hypothese-de-l-erreur-humaine
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Crash d’hélicoptère sur l’aérodrome de Nancy-Tomblaine : un blessé https://t.co/w76ylQPVTn pic.twitter.com/IEQd6oeoGs
— ActuTaverne (@ActuTaverne) 15 juillet 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jul-2017 18:51 | gerard57 | Added |
| 17-Jul-2017 05:59 | Pbakema | Updated [Registration, Source, ] |
| 17-Jul-2017 12:01 | CTYONE | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 17-Jul-2017 13:43 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Oct-2017 09:22 | Old Ironsides | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Embed code, Damage, Photo, ] |
| 07-Mar-2018 09:22 | harro | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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