ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208821
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| Date: | Thursday 5 April 2018 |
| Time: | 09:45 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 47G-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Héli Pro Passion |
| Registration: | F-GGLB |
| MSN: | 1056 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near the château Malydure, Lussac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine -
 France
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Libourne/Artiques de Lussac Airfield (LFDI) |
| Libourne/Artiques de Lussac Airfield (LFDI) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
After half an hour of exercises close to the ground on the Libourne-Les Artigues Airport, France, the pilot in training took off. While the helicopter was in level flight and at a low height in the downwind leg, a malfunction of the carburettor, caused by a leaking float, caused a defect in the carburettor fuel supply to the engine resulting in a decrease in power.
The instructor likely regained control and initiated an autorotation or a rapid descent that he was unable to control properly. The aircraft impacted terrain in a vineyard. There was a post-crash fire. Both occupants, the instructor (59) and the student (66) died in the crash.
Contributing factors
Factors that may have contributed to the loss of control during the autorotation and the failure to recover from the loss of control:
- the turn, which the instructor probably made to head into the wind;
- the low height of the turn.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.actualites-du-jour.eu/article/gironde-nbsp-deux-morts-dans-le-crash-d-rsquo-un-h-eacute-licopt-egrave-re-agrave-lussac/3245174
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201804051063242912-france-helicopter-crash/
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/gironde/crash-helicoptere-lussac-instructeur-son-eleve-sont-decedes-1453235.html
https://www.sudouest.fr/2018/04/05/crash-d-helicoptere-a-lussac-33-les-deux-victimes-etaient-des-pilotes-experimentes-4346392-2780.php
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http://www.helipropassion.com/formation.html
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 January 1982 | N10194 | Private | 0 | Watsonville, CA |  |
sub |
| 4 January 1984 | N10194 | Helicare Ag, Inc. | 0 | Watsonville, CA | |
sub |
| 15 September 2003 | F-GGLB | 0 | Aubérive | |
sub |
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The helicopter crashed into the vineyards near Lussac, France. An instructor was on board with his student in training. 2 fatalities.
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 5 avril 2018
Crash d'hélicoptère à Lussac : un pilote et son élève sont décédés https://t.co/iCjLWhuQH2 pic.twitter.com/NoByGfcpIB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Apr-2018 12:11 | gerard57 | Added |
| 05-Apr-2018 12:18 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2018 12:18 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2018 12:23 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 05-Apr-2018 14:32 | Geno | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Embed code] |
| 05-Apr-2018 15:20 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 05-Apr-2018 15:26 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2018 15:30 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2018 17:29 | CH | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Apr-2018 18:22 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2018 18:23 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Destination airport, Source] |
| 05-Apr-2018 18:24 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 05-Apr-2018 19:26 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2018 04:12 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2018 16:52 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2018 16:57 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Operator, Embed code] |
| 17-Dec-2020 18:23 | harro | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report] |
| 07-Apr-2021 06:00 | harro | Updated [Accident report] |
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