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| Date: | Thursday 31 January 2019 |
| Time: | 12:45 |
| Type: |  Guimbal Cabri G2 |
| Owner/operator: | Aix Helicopteres |
| Registration: | F-HRCR |
| MSN: | 1170 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2016 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-J2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pierrevert -
 France
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Aix-Les-Milles aerodrome |
| Pierrevert | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Crashed on a field near the golf course of Lubéron. The pilot was seriously injured.
The pilot, accompanied by a passenger, took off around 11:30 a.m. from Aix-Les-Milles aerodrome (13), bound for a helipad located on a golf course, in Pierrevert (04). After passing south of the helipad, it moved away towards the east and returned. It did not fly over the helipad but made a wide turn to the right in order to land facing northwest. In the final approach, at a height of around 30 m, the helicopter suddenly rotated to the left several times, losing height, then collided with the ground and overturned.
The loss of yaw control resulted from insufficient consideration of the wind by the pilot during the final approach and from a late or unsuitable action to counter it. The choice of the trajectory causing the helicopter to evolve out of ground effect helped to put the helicopter in a difficult to recover position.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.laprovence.com/actu/en-direct/5349216/photo-de-brayoune.html
https://www.nicematin.com/faits-divers/un-homme-gravement-blesse-dans-laccident-dun-helicoptere-sur-un-golf-des-alpes-de-haute-provence-295634
http://aixhelico.com/
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9004886 (photo)
Location
Media:
⚠️ Accident d'un #Guimbal Cabri G2, immatriculé F-HRCR, survenu à #Pierrevert ce jour / L’hélicoptère s’est écrasé sur le terrain de golf du #Luberon faisant 2 blessés / 2 enquêteurs @BEA_Aero sur place pour les premières constatations. Les opérations se poursuivront demain. pic.twitter.com/XCnlyk1sID
— BEA | Bureau d'Enquêtes & d'Analyses ✈️ 🚁🛩 🇫🇷 (@BEA_Aero) January 31, 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jan-2019 18:03 | yfpilote | Added |
| 31-Jan-2019 18:03 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, ] |
| 31-Jan-2019 18:34 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 31-Jan-2019 19:36 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Feb-2019 10:25 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 01-Feb-2019 10:28 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 01-Feb-2019 18:57 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Feb-2020 07:46 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 10-Jun-2020 15:58 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
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