# Accident 20190504003869A: Helicopteres Guimbal CABRI G2, Kent Island, MD, May 4, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2019, 12:10 local time
- Place: Kent Island, MD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8158° N, 76.3831° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8158&lon=-76.3831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N572MD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N572MD-2020-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Helicopteres Guimbal CABRI G2 (registry code 9000001, https://openairdocs.org/model/helicopteres-guimbal-cabri-g2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-J2A (registry code 42314, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-j2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HELICOPTERES GUIMBAL CABRI G2
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-J2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 103 total, 103 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19FA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190504003869A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 4, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 1210 EDT, N572MD, A TWO SEAT SINGLE ENGINE CABRI-G2 TRAINER ROTORCRAFT, CRASHED INTO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY SUBMERGING AND DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT, FATALLY INJURING BOTH PERSONS ON BOARD.  THE PIC WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^,  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITH ROTORCRAFT-HELICOPTER RATING, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  THERE WAS ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  NO INFORMATION ON THE PASSENGER.

N572MD IS A TRAINER ROTORCRAFT, AND IS OPERATED BY MONUMENTAL HELICOPTERS, A 14 CFR PART 141 PILOT SCHOOL.  THIS FLIGHT WAS NOT A PILOT SCHOOL OPERATION.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RENTED THE HELICOPTER FOR PERSONAL USE, AND WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.

PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED TIPTON AIRPORT (FME), MD AT 1535Z . THE AIRCRAFT WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRANSPONDER WAS OBSERVED.  RADAR SERVICES WERE TERMINATED AT 1552Z.  THE HELICOPTER CRASHED INTO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IN THE VICINITY OF THE BAY BRIDGE AIRPORT (W29), STEVENSVILLE, MD AT APPROXIMATELY 1610Z (APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE OFF OF KENT ISLAND).  THE INTENDED DESTINATION WAS PALEO GATE WITHIN THE DC SFRA AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.

WEATHER: FME 1542Z 00000KT 2SM OVC006 18/16 2990 RMK A01/W29 1600Z 35005 3SM BR OVC004 18/18 A2988

THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE POLICE  RECOVERED THE BODIES THAT SAME EVENING OF THE CRASH AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED THE FOLLOWING MONDAY ON 5/6/2019.  THE MEDICAL EXAMINER PERFORMED AUTOPSIES ON ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN TO ANGLIN AIRCRAFT RECOVERY SERVICES IN DELAWARE.  EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE FOUND NO NOTED DISCREPANCIES CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT. THE HELICOPTER WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.

## 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 ERA19FA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA163), May 4, 2019: Guimbal Cabri (N572MD), Kent Island, MD, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The noninstrument-rated pilot's continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an inadvertent descent into the water. Contributing to the accident was 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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