# NTSB ENG21WA039: MD Helicopter 369, Megiddo, Israel, August 31, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Foreign
- Date: August 31, 2021, 07:45 local (04:45 UTC)
- Place: Megiddo, Israel
- Coordinates: 32.59818, 35.233564 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5982&lon=35.2336&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-hover: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Rolls Royce- Indianapolis
- NTSB case key (mKey): 103833
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG21WA039
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103833/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG21WA039

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-hover: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: 4X-BJK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MD HELICOPTER 369 (E)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 0450E
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: External load, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Chim Nir Aviation Holding Ltd.
- Registered owner: Chim Nir Aviation Holding Ltd.

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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