# NTSB CEN17RA191: Bell 429, Presov, Slovakia, May 10, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 10, 2017
- Place: Presov, Slovakia
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95201
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN17RA191
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95201/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17RA191

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: 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 May 10, 2017, about 1430 local time, a Bell 429 helicopter, Slovakia registration OM-BYM, impacted terrain shortly after takeoff near Presov, Slovakia. There were four people on board; two people received fatal injuries and two people received serious injuries. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Aviation and Maritime Investigation Authority. This report is for informational purposes only. Aviation and Maritime Investigation Authority of the Slovak Republic M.R. Stefanik Airport 823 05 Bratislava Slovakia E-mail: vysetrovanie@minop.sk

## Aircraft

- Registration: OM-BYM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 429
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 57202
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Departed: LZPW
- Destination: LZPW

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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