Accident Robinson R44 Raven II G-CESO,
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Date:Sunday 5 April 2009
Time:16:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic R44 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Robinson R44 Raven II
Owner/operator:Heliverne
Registration: G-CESO
MSN: 11859
Year of manufacture:2007
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Amboise Dierre Airport, Pontivy, Indre-et-Loire department -   France
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Lorris Helipad, Montargis, Loiret department
Destination airport:Amboise Dierre Airport, Pontivy (LFEF)
Investigating agency: BEA
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Crashed on landing 05-04-2009 at Amboise Dierre Airport, Pontivy, and burned. All three person on board were killed. According to a rough translation from French into English of the symposis of the official BEA accident investigation report:

"Helicopter developments have been reconstructed from many evidence collected. The pilot with two passengers landed on runway 11 coated the Amboise airfield shortly before 16:45 from the helipad located near Lorris (45). He joined in translation the fueling station to conduct a fuel supplement.

After hovering facing the pump, the helicopter descends and rear skates first touches the ground and then bounces back then to the rear and back with a strong nose down attitude. The main rotor blades then hit the ground at one meter from the refueling station. The cabin leans heavily towards front hit the ground in turn. The helicopter sets down the right wing and ignites instantly."

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: BEA
Report number: BEA g-so090405
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

1. http://fr.news.yahoo.com/76/20090406/tfr-tours-dcs-du-troisime-passager-de-l-2eb149a.html
2. CAA: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=CESO
3. http://helihub.com/2009/04/05/5-apr-09-g-ceso-robinson-r44-dierre-airport-france/
4. https://www.bea.aero/docspa/2009/g-so090405/pdf/g-so090405.pdf?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
06-Apr-2009 23:04 danzas Added
06-Apr-2009 23:06 harro Updated
06-Apr-2009 23:10 harro Updated
03-Nov-2016 14:34 Dr.John Smith Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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