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Aviation accident DCA04MA030
10 fatal · Sikorsky S76A++ · 2004-03-23 · Gulf of Mexico, USA
Event
- NTSB number
DCA04MA030- Event ID
20040422X00501- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 2004-03-23
- Location
- Gulf of Mexico, USA
Injuries
- Highest injury
- FATL
- Fatal
- 10
- Serious
- 0
- Minor
- 0
- Uninjured
- 0
- Total aboard
- 10
Aircraft
- Make
- Sikorsky
- Model
- S76A++
- Registration
- N579EH
- FAR Part
- 135
- Engines
- 2
- Damage
- DEST
Conditions
- Light
- NDRK
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
the flight crew's failure to identify and arrest the helicopter's descent for undetermined reasons, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown