# NTSB CEN14WA225: Airbus Helicopters 332L2, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, August 23, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 23, 2013, 17:17 local (17:17 UTC)
- Place: Shetland Islands, United Kingdom
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-IFR final approach: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal, 4 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 89142
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN14WA225
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/89142/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89142
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14WA225

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach-IFR final approach: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 23, 2013, about 1717 UTC, an Airbus Helicopters AS332 L2, G-WNSB (s/n 2582) ditched into the North Sea near the Shetland Islands. The helicopter was destroyed and four passengers were fatally injured. This investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the British government. Any further information may be obtained from: Air Accidents Investigations Branch Farnborough House Berkshire Copse Road Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 2HH, United Kingdom Telephone: +44 1252 5130300 Facsimile: +444 (0) 1252 376999 E-mail: investigations@aaib.gov.uk This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch of England.

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-WNSB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS 332L2
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 7, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89142. 54 KB in all.

- Memorandum of Investigation (item 1, .PDF, 54 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40411976&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20of%20Investigation-Master.PDF

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.

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