- Date
- April 26, 2019
- Place
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- ET--AVFBell 222
- Defining event
- Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 99344
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Factual narrative
On April 26, 2019, a Trans Nation Airways, PLC, Bell 222UT helicopter, registered in Ethiopia as ET-AVF crashed near the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia after both engines, Honeywell LTS101-750 turboshafts, lost power. The investigation is being conducted by the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of Transport Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau. The NTSB has appointed an Accredited Representative in accordance with the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Design and Manufacture of the engines. Any information regarding this accident will be released by the Ethiopian AAIB.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- ET--AVF
- Reported as
- Bell 222
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Trans Nation Airways PLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport