Accident to the Airbus AS350 registered EC-LBU on 05/07/2022 near Guadalajara

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Preliminary data based on the notification from the Spanish authorities:

During a fire-fighting mission after leaving a brigade in an abrupt area, while taking off, the helicopter collided with a fence, damaging the main and tail rotors.

Collision with fence at take-off during fire-fighting mission

General information

Local date	20/07/2022
Responsible entity	Spain - CIAIAC
Scope of Investigation	Full (Annex 13) type investigation
State or area of occurrence	Europe and North Atlantic - Spain - Guadalajara
Location	Parque natural sierra norte de Guadalajara
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Substantial
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2022-0335

Flight Information

Aircraft category	Rotorcraft - Helicopter - Small/light Helicopter - Small Helicopter
Operator	Spain - Other (Pegasus Aviacion)
Manufacturer / Model	AEROSPATIALE - AS350
Aircraft Registration	EC-LBU
State of registry	Spain
Last departure point	Spain - Other
Planned destination	Spain - Other
Flight phase	Take-off
Serial number	4780
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Natonally Regulated Operations - Firefighting

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.

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