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| Date: | Wednesday 6 March 2024 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Guimbal Cabri G2 |
| Owner/operator: | Heli Transair European Air Services GmbH |
| Registration: | D-HTAX |
| MSN: | 1148 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-J2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Klein-Rohrheim, Gernsheim, Groß-Gerau, Hessen -
 Germany
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Egelsbach Airfield (EDFE) |
| Egelsbach Airfield (EDFE) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On the day of the event, the flight instructor, together with his student, took off at 12:40 from Egelsbach Airfield in a Cabri G2 helicopter. The plan was a training flight to practice emergency procedures as part of the continuous professional pilot training. The flight proceeded southward over Eberstadt and Pfungstadt to an area near Groß-Rohrheim, which is frequently used by the flight school for training exercises. Upon reaching this area, the flight instructor, according to his own account, initiated the first practice autorotation with a southeasterly course after an overflight and a right turn. Since the student initiated the flare (recovery) too early and too high, the instructor aborted this autorotation using engine power and intended to repeat the exercise. During this process, the power supply and rotor speed control functioned as expected without any issues.
After a sort of circuit, he initiated the exercise again at approximately 1,000 feet AGL, and the student pilot stabilized the autorotational descent on an approximately easterly course. This time, the flare was initiated at a lower altitude. Together, the student pilot and he performed an initial flare and intended to further reduce the speed with a second flare. Then the instructor wanted to recover the helicopter to a hover using engine power. For this purpose, according to his account, he had already slightly increased the engine RPM with the throttle before the first flare. However, at around 13:00, the helicopter unexpectedly landed hard. On the ground, he shut down the still-running engine and applied the rotor brake. Only then did he notice the severe damage to the helicopter.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.hessenschau.de/panorama/hubschrauber-bruchlandung-bei-gernsheim---insassen-unverletzt-v3,hubschrauber-absturz-100.html
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/hubschrauber-stuerzt-bei-gernsheim-im-kreis-gross-gerau-ab-19568724.html
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=3e04e3&lat=49.700&lon=8.500&zoom=13.5&showTrace=2024-03-06&trackLabels
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/11561_1637689301.jpg (photo)
History of this aircraft
Ex F-WWHX
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2024 18:22 | aus | Added |
| 06-Mar-2024 18:28 | ASN | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Source, ] |
| 06-Mar-2024 21:03 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Dec-2024 20:31 | ASN | Updated [Time, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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