- Date
- November 16, 2013
- Place
- Seoul, South Korea
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- HL9294Sikorsky S76-C++
- Defining event
- Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 88441
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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 November 16, 2013, about 2354 Coordinated Universal Time, a Sikorsky S76 C++ helicopter, Korean registration HL9294, operated by LG Electronics Co. Ltd., sustained substantial damage after colliding with a 26-story apartment building in Seoul, Korea. Both crew members received fatal injuries. The REPUBLIC OF KOREA Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board is investigating the accident. As the state of manufacture of the helicopter, the NTSB has designated a U.S. Accredited Representative under the provisions of Annex 13 to the Convention on Civil Aviation to assist ARAIB in their investigation. All inquiries concerning this accident should be directed to ARAIB at: REPUBLIC OF KOREA Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board Ministry of Construction and Transportation 281, Gonghang-Dong Gangseo-gu, Seoul Republic of Korea 157-815 Tel.: (82) 2 6096-1017 (82) 2 6096-1030 (24 hours) E-mail: byeonsc@moct.go.kr Fax: (82) 2 6096-1031 AFTN: RKSLYLYX Website:
Aircraft
- Registration
- HL9294
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S76-C++
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Substantial damage
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 22, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 180 KB in all.