ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 285181
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| Date: | Sunday 12 June 2011 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell 206B JetRanger II |
| Owner/operator: | Jet Systems Helicopteres Service |
| Registration: | F-GHST |
| MSN: | 1104 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Thêmes ULM Airfield -
 France
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Cuers-Pierrefeu Airport (LFTF) |
| Other | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The student took off at 11:45 a.m. from Cuers aerodrome with an instructor. He performed a flight check to extend a type rating. Having reached the Thêmes ULM platform located in the north of Cuers, he performed the exercises requested by the instructor for 45 minutes.
At the end of the session, the latter asked him to climb to 3,000 ft and do an auto-rotation "with engine restart". The student began the maneuver into the wind at a speed of 65 kt. Close to the ground, he increased the attitude of the helicopter "flare" and pulled on the general pitch to stop the descent. The helicopter continued to sink. The instructor took over the controls but could not prevent the skids from hitting the ground. As the aircraft came to rest, the main rotor blades sheared the tail boom.
CONCLUSION
The accident was due to the instructor's overconfidence in a student who, during the flight, had shown great ease in piloting. Surprised by an inappropriate action on the controls, he was unable to fully regain control of the flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/atterrissage-dur-lors-dun-exercice-dautorotation-heurt-du-rotor-principal-avec-la-poutre-de-queue-en-instruction
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Oct-2022 18:57 | harro | Added |
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