# Accident 20080927848139A: Aerosp SA365N1, Forestville, MD, September 27, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2008, 23:58 local time
- Place: Forestville, MD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8708° N, 76.8767° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8708&lon=-76.8767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92MD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92MD-2010-05-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale SA365N-1 DAUPHIN (registry code 8680668, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-sa365n-1-dauphin) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP SA365N1
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 5,219 total, 2,770 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08MA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08MA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080927848139A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 2358 EASTERN DAY LIGHT TIME, AN AEROSPATIALE (EUROCPTER) AS365N1 OPERATED BY MARYLAND STATE POLICE UNDER THE CALL SIGN OF TROOPER 2, IMPACTED TREES AND TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 19R NEAR ANDREWS AIRFORCE BASE, CAMP SPRINGS, MARYLAND.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN CLEARED FOR THE ILS APPROACH BY POTOMAC APPROACH AND TOLD TO CONTACT ANDREWS TOWER.  THE AIRCAFT CONTACTED THE TOWER AND ASK FOR AN AIRPORT SURVEILLANCE RADAR (ASR) APPROACH.  THE CONTROLLER WAS UNABLE TO DO DUE TO QUALIFICATIONS.  TROOPER 2 HAD TWO PATIENTS INVOLVED IN THE AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ONBOARD.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT FORCES.  THERE WERE FOUR FATAL AND ONE SERIOUS INJURED.  BALTIMORE FSDO WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE FOR CORRECTIVE/PREVENTIVE ACTIONS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA08MA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08MA203), Sep 28, 2008: Aerospatiale SA365N-1 D (N92MD), District Heights, MD, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's attempt to regain visual conditions by performing a rapid descent and his failure to arrest the descent at the minimum descent altitude during a nonprecision approach. Contributing to the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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