ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210378
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 May 2018 |
| Time: | 10:30+ LT |
| Type: |  Agusta-Bell 206B Jet Ranger III |
| Owner/operator: | Pilot Air |
| Registration: | F-HGJL |
| MSN: | 8563 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Regina, east of Belizon -
 French Guiana
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Macouria |
| Gold mine, Grand Usine | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot of F-HGJL, accompanied by two passengers, took off from the operating base known as Funair located at Macouria to the gold mine at Grand Usine, French Guiana.
The helicopter failed to arrive and was reported missing. The wreckage of the helicopter was located approximately five hours later in the jungle between Soufflet Mountain and Cheveau Mountain. The pilot and one of the passengers had died, the second passenger, seriously injured, was evacuated by helicopter to the hospital of Cayenne.
Contributing Factors:
The pilot undertook a passenger flight when weather conditions did not guarantee completion of the flight under visual flight conditions. The investigation could not determine whether the pilot was aware of the weather conditions prior to the flight.
It is possible that the pilot underestimated the risks associated with visual flight in deteriorating weather conditions. This underestimation may have been related to the pilot's limited experience as a captain and regular exposure to adverse weather conditions while operating as an emergency medical service technical crew member.
The pilot encountered a situation during the flight where he may have encountered severe turbulence and/or lost outside visual references and was unable to maintain control of the helicopter.
The low level of total flying experience, especially on type, may have contributed to this loss of control.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
www.lepoint.fr
https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/guyane/crash-helicoptere-belizon-fait-deux-morts-blesse-grave-585077.html
http://aerossurance.com/helicopters/grey-charter-mining-iimc-loci/
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http://pilotair-aviation.com
https://twitter.com/BEA_Aero/status/993440852096831488
Location
Media:
The BEA identify illicit charter occurred when an AB206 and a low time pilot was contracted to fly maintenance personnel to a gold mine site. https://t.co/zRjFdC6Wxd #greycharter #helicopter #accident #flightsafety #aviationsafety pic.twitter.com/I1CJeJvpuI
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) December 4, 2021
Crash hélicoptère: l'émotion est vive et les causes du drame ne sont pas encore connues.L'épave a été retrouvé vers la piste de Bélizon après 4 heures de recherches grâce à la balise de détresse du Bell 206 jet ranger .Pour l'heure on ignore les raisons de cette tragédie. pic.twitter.com/AjFiiV5Tvk
— Guyane la 1ère (@guyla1ere) 3 mai 2018
ERRATUM: accident mortel de l’hélicoptère #Bell #B206B immatriculé #FHGJL près de #Cayenne le 02/05/18 / L’appareil n’était PAS exploité par Pilot' Air Aviation.
— BEA | Bureau d'Enquêtes & d'Analyses ✈️ 🚁🛩 🇫🇷 (@BEA_Aero) 9 mei 2018
Crash d'un Bell 206 en Guyane 02 mai 2018 : 2 morts et un blessé très grave.
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 24 mai 2018
Dans le cadre de l'enquête judiciaire, le bureau d'enquêtes et d'analyses (BEA), chargé de l'expertise technique de l'appareil, a demandé le soutien des forces armées en Guyane..https://t.co/9sXYRBijxz pic.twitter.com/trEenqFW2z
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-May-2018 19:46 | gerard57 | Added |
| 03-May-2018 20:20 | Geno | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 03-May-2018 22:44 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2018 05:50 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type] |
| 04-May-2018 05:52 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 04-May-2018 05:53 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 07-May-2018 11:24 | ctyone | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code] |
| 09-May-2018 17:33 | Anon. | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-May-2018 17:34 | harro | Updated [Operator, Embed code] |
| 15-May-2018 15:25 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 24-May-2018 21:32 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 20-Nov-2021 20:24 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report] |
| 04-Dec-2021 15:00 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 01-Apr-2022 07:48 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Accident report] |
| 29-Sep-2023 16:35 | harro | Updated [[Embed code, Accident report]] |
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