- Date
- August 8, 2010, 12:49 local (12:49 UTC)
- Place
- Minsk, Belarus
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Aircraft
- D-HDWMHughes 369
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 76926
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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.
Factual narrative
On August 8, 2010, at 1249 coordinated universal time (1549 local time), a Hughes 369, German registration D-HDWM, was destroyed when it impacted terrain at Borovaya Airfield (UMMB), near Minsk, Belarus. The German pilot was fatally injured. The helicopter was operating during an international helicopter competition under Belarus flight regulations. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Belarus. Further information may be obtained from: Republic of Belarus Ministry of Transport and Communications 4, Aerodromnaya Str., 220065, Minsk, Belarus Tel: (375 17) 222 53 98 This report is for informational purposes and only contains information released by the government of Belarus.
Aircraft
- Registration
- D-HDWM
- Reported as
- Hughes 369
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 73-0498S
- Engine
- Allison 250-C18B, 317 hp, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Air race/show · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- UMMB · Minsk
- Destination
- UMMB · Minsk
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- UMMB · Borovaya Airfield
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 10, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 34 KB in all.