# NTSB CEN18WA029: Robinson R44, Namur, Belgium, October 8, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 8, 2017, 10:37 local (10:37 UTC)
- Place: Namur, Belgium
- Coordinates: 50.488825, 4.770388 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=50.4888&lon=4.7704&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Standing-engine(s) operating: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 4 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96308
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN18WA029
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96308/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18WA029

## Sequence of events

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

- [Standing-engine(s) operating: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: OO-FLY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R44 (Raven 1)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 1857
- Year built: 2008
- Airframe hours: 1785
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Best in Sky
- Registered owner: Lore Helicopters
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: EBNM, Namur
- Destination: EBNM, Namur
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: EBNM, Namur-Suarlee
- Equipment: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.09 inHg
- Observed at: EBCI, 31 nm away

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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