- Date
- August 12, 2015
- Place
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- 5N-BDGSikorsky S76 - C
- Defining event
- Enroute: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 91782
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Unknown or undeterminedAll aircraft: 1,703 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The Nigeria Accident Investigation Bureau (NAIB) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a SIKORSKY S76 - C helicopter that occurred on August 12, 2015. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the NAIB investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the helicopter. All investigative information will be released by the NAIB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- 5N-BDG
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S76 - C (C)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 760540
- Damage
- Destroyed