Incident Helibrás HB-350B Esquilo PT-HLU,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162832
 
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Date:Thursday 19 December 2013
Time:15:03 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic AS50 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Helibrás HB-350B Esquilo
Owner/operator:EFAI – Escola de Pilotagem Ltda
Registration: PT-HLU
MSN: HB-1030/1519
Year of manufacture:1982
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Carlos Prates (SBPR), MG -   Brazil
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:SBPR
Destination airport:SBPR
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
A pilot and two students from Pilot School (EFAI) were doing flight instruction at Carlos Prates Airport, Belo Horizonte. One of the blades of the aircraft touched the tail boom and tail rotor shaft just breaking. No one was injured. The National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) will investigate what caused the accident.

Sources:

http://www.pilotopolicial.com.br/pt-hlu-da-efai-sofre-incidente-em-instrucao-e-pilotos-passam-bem/
http://g1.globo.com/minas-gerais/noticia/2013/12/helicoptero-tem-problemas-de-pouso-no-aeroporto-carlos-prates.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-Dec-2013 07:54 cleberjc Added
23-Dec-2013 14:19 harro Updated [Registration, Cn]
03-Feb-2014 07:39 cleberjc Updated [Source]
25-Nov-2015 11:29 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Embed code]

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