# NTSB ERA16WA292: Eurocopter AS355, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, August 14, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 14, 2016, 20:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Coordinates: 18.575555, -69.981391 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.5756&lon=-69.9814&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93834
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16WA292
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93834/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16WA292

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 14, 2016, about 2040 coordinated universal time, a Eurocopter AS355 F2, Dominican registration HI-861, was substantially damaged during a hard landing at the La Isabela International Airport (MDJB), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The pilot was seriously injured. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of the Dominican Republic. Further information can be obtained from: Comisión Investigadora de Accidentes de Aviación Junta de Aviación Civil Calle José Joaquín Pérez no. 104, Gazcue Santo Domingo República Dominicana Tel.: (1) 809 689-4167 E-mail: ciaa.jac@gmail.com Fax: (1) 809 221-8616 This report is for information purposes, and only contains information released by the Government of the Dominican Republic.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HI-861 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS355 (F2)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 5456
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: MDCZ, La Vega
- Destination: MDJB, Santo Domingo
- Airport: MDJB, La Isabela International
- Equipment: Unknown

## Weather



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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