# NTSB ERA10WA415: Hughes 369, Minsk, Belarus, August 8, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 8, 2010, 12:49 local (12:49 UTC)
- Place: Minsk, Belarus
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 76926
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA10WA415
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/76926/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76926
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10WA415

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 73-0498S
- Engines: 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 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 10, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76926. 34 KB in all.

- Memorandum for Record (item 1, .PDF, 34 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40336112&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record-Master.PDF

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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