- Date
- December 12, 2016, 13:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cannes, France
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- F-HALDRobinson R22
- Defining event
- Autorotation: Hard landing
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 94504
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On December 12, 2016, at 1300 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a Robinson R-22 helicopter, French registration F-HALD, was destroyed following impact with terrain during a practice autorotation near Cannes-Mandelieu Airport (LFMD), France. The two occupants were uninjured. The Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses (BEA) of France is investigating the accident. As the State of Manufacture of the airplane and engines, the NTSB has designated a U.S. accredited representative to assist the BEA in its investigation. All inquiries concerning this accident should be directed to the BEA of France: Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses Zone Sud – Btiment 153 10 rue de Paris Aéroport du Bourget 93352 Le Bourget Cedex, France Tél. : +33 1 49 92 72 00 Fax : +33 1 49 92 72 03 www.bea.aero
Aircraft
- Registration
- F-HALD
- Reported as
- Robinson R22
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 4257
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown