ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 23718
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| Date: | Monday 3 May 2004 |
| Time: | 09:00 |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | Mont Blanc Hélicoptères |
| Registration: | F-GJBE |
| MSN: | 1348 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pierrefonds, La Possession helipad, at Mafate -
 Reunion
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pierrefonds, La Possession, helipad, Mafate |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Tail rotor hit trees during aborted transition from hovering to forward flight, shortly after take off from Possession, which is a New helipad, at Mafate, Reunion, at an altitude of 4,750 feet.
Insufficient power available at this altitude at the aircrafts weight. Transition was aborted by turning which required more power than aborting straight ahead
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.bea.aero/docspa/2004/f-be040503/htm/f-be040503.html
2. http://www.bea.aero/docspa/2004/f-be040503/pdf/f-be040503.pdf
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=3915
4. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1039721
5. http://francerotors.free.fr/f-gjbe.htm
6. https://www.mafate-helicopteres.com/
7. https://www.facebook.com/mafatehelicopterespierrefonds/?ref=page_internal
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 September 2004 | F-GJBE | Mont Blanc Helicopters | 0 | hélisurface du Maïdo | |
w/o |
| Bounced on landing | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Jan-2012 14:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 28-Sep-2016 19:12 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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