- Date
- September 16, 2016, 14:32 local (14:32 UTC)
- Place
- Cabinda, Angola
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- D2-EYIBell 430
- Defining event
- Enroute: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 94166
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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 Angola Ministry of Transport (MoT) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BELL 430 helicopter that occurred on September 16, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the MoT's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the engine. All investigative information will be released by the MoT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- D2-EYI
- Reported as
- Bell 430
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial