# NTSB CEN18WA134: Bell 206, Uetersen, Germany, February 4, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 4, 2018, 09:19 local (09:19 UTC)
- Place: Uetersen, Germany
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96982
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN18WA134
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96982/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18WA134

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On April 2, 2018, at 0919 coordinated universal time, a Bell Helicopter 206, D-HHNC, experienced a loss of engine power while airborne.The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the German government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bundesstelle fuer Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU) Hermann-Blenk Strasse 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany

## Aircraft

- Registration: D-HHNC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206 (L1)
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airport: EDHE

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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