ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154181
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| Date: | Thursday 8 September 2005 |
| Time: | 04:13 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 365N3 Dauphin 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Pilote Le Havre |
| Registration: | F-GYPH |
| MSN: | 6694 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Cap d'Antifer (Saine-Maritime) -
 France
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Offshore |
| Departure airport: | Le Havre/Octeville (LEH/LFOH) |
| MV Arion (a tanker) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed into English Channel (CFIT) some 11 miles (18 km) offshore during a night marine pilot transfer (transferring a marine pilot from a Greek tanker via a deck landing). The pilot (who was not wearing a survival suit or life jacket and was unstrapped prior to impact) died due to drowning and the passenger, a marine pilot, remains missing.
BEA say:
The accident was due to the decision of the pilot in command to undertake, during a landing at night, an evolution outside the limits provided for in the company's specific activities manual. The Captain's overconfidence, uncorrected behavioural deviations and a management structure that did not allow sufficient surveillance of the activity to be exercised were contributing factors.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Air International October 2005, p18
https://www.bea.aero/docspa/2005/f-ph050908/pdf/f-ph050908.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Mar-2013 20:32 | TB | Added |
| 17-Apr-2016 16:27 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2016 17:22 | TB | Updated [Location] |
| 16-Aug-2018 08:02 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2022 15:17 | Aerossurance | Updated [Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
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