# NTSB CEN19WA273: AgustaWestland AW139, Albarracín, Spain, June 12, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 12, 2019
- Place: Albarracín, Spain
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100081
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN19WA273
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100081/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19WA273

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: 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 June 12, 2019, about 1330 local time, an AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter, EC-NEH, executed an emergency landing to an open field near Albarracín, Spain, for unknown reasons. The pilot and sole occupant sustained no injury, and the helicopter sustained substantial damage. The helicopter, operated by Babcock España as a positioning flight, had departed from the Alicante-Muchamiel Airfield (LEMU), Muchamiel, Spain, and was enroute to a search and rescue airbase in Gijón, Spain, when the emergency landing occurred. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the government of Spain. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación Civil (CIAIAC). The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the CIAIAC investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer of the avionics system installed in the helicopter. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación Civil C/ Fruela, 6 28011 Madrid, Spain Telephone: 91 5978960 E-Mail: ciaiac@fomento.es Website: https://www.fomento.gob.es/organos-colegiados/ciaiac

## Aircraft

- Registration: EC-NEH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AgustaWestland AW139
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 31597
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

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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