# NTSB DCA15WA030: Robinson R44 - II, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, November 29, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 29, 2014, 07:04 local (07:04 UTC)
- Place: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Coordinates: -6.903333, 39.173332
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-6.9033&lon=39.1733&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- NTSB case key (mKey): 90477
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA15WA030
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90477/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15WA030

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: 5H-TWA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R44 - II (II)
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., 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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