# NTSB ENG19WA022: Bell 222, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 26, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 26, 2019
- Place: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 99344
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG19WA022
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/99344/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG19WA022

## 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 best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: ET--AVF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 222
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Trans Nation Airways PLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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