Accident Aérospatiale AS 350B1 Ecureuil F-GJCP,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 23930
 
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Date:Saturday 9 March 2002
Time:07:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic AS50 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aérospatiale AS 350B1 Ecureuil
Owner/operator:Provence Aero Services
Registration: F-GJCP
MSN: 2172
Year of manufacture:1988
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Tignes Les Boisses, Rhône-Alpes region -   France
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Chamonix
Destination airport:Val d'Isere
Investigating agency: BEA
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The passenger and pilot must perform a winch in place prior to Chamonix and Val d'Isere stop for refueling. After releasing the helicopter hangar in which it is usually garaged at night, the driver and the assistant winch positioned facing south close to the shed and a technical building. After startup, the assistant winch takes place on board the left seat. The pilot put the helicopter hovering at low height for takeoff. After two to three seconds, witnesses saw the top of the drift of the helicopter hit the Advanced roof of the shed. The apparatus makes several turns to the left around the yaw axis until the pilot the baseplate. The unit broke up under the shock.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: BEA
Report number: BEA f-cp020309
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

1. https://www.bea.aero/docspa/2002/f-cp020309/htm/f-cp020309.html
2. http://www.bea.aero/docspa/2002/f-cp020309/pdf/f-cp020309.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
10-Jul-2014 02:41 Dr. John Smith Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Oct-2018 08:17 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source]

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