ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 24046
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| Date: | Monday 27 March 2000 |
| Time: | 18:00 LT |
| Type: |  Aerospatiale AS 350 |
| Owner/operator: | Vasco |
| Registration: | F-GGTQ |
| MSN: | 1147 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bézu-Saint-Eloi, Eure department, Haute-Normandie region -
 France
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Saint-Valéry-en-Caux, Cergy | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On a trip to Saint-Valéry-en-Caux, Cergy, the pilot decided to land in a field to view his map. He said he set the collective pitch control in the locking position. While approaching to land, the collective pitch control disengages from the locking position. The collective pitch control goes back, causing a change in pitch of the main rotor. The helicopter is unbalanced, and goes out of control before the pilot can react. The helicopter came to a rest on its side in a field at Bézu-Saint-Eloi, Eure department, Haute-Normandie region.
(F-GGTQ was ex-N35978, built and first registered in the USA in 1980: first registered in France 13.3.90: Accident 27.3.200 as above, registration cancelled 27.4.2007)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.bea.aero/docspa/2000/f-tq000327/htm/f-tq000327.html
2. http://www.bea.aero/docspa/2000/f-tq000327/pdf/f-tq000327.pdf
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=3902
4. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/search/?q=F-GGTQ&f=reg&search_type=simple
5. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/se350show.asp?start=101&count=50]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Jul-2014 01:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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