# NTSB CEN18WA402: Rotorway Exec, Crestet, France, April 5, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 5, 2018, 12:49 local (12:49 UTC)
- Place: Crestet, France
- Coordinates: 44.214443, 5.105
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2144&lon=5.1050&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Mast bumping](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/245)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98680
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN18WA402
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98680/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18WA402

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Mast bumping](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/245) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 18 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/245/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of France has notified the NTSB of an accident involving an amateur-built ROTORWAY EXEC helicopter that occurred on April 05, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of France's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of France.

## Aircraft

- Registration: F-PFBJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROTORWAY EXEC
- Category: Helicopter, amateur-built
- Serial number: 8032
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Mr. Barnard Foucher
- Registered owner: Mr. Barnard Foucher
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: France, Cabron
- Destination: France, Eurre
- Equipment: Unknown

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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