# NTSB ERA19WA293: Bell 505, Kazbegi, Georgia, June 6, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: June 6, 2019, 10:57 local (06:57 UTC)
- Place: Kazbegi, Georgia
- Coordinates: 42.650465, 44.648836 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6505&lon=44.6488&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Emergency descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/600) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Autorotation: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 104902
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA19WA293
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104902/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19WA293

## Sequence of events

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

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

## Aircraft

- Registration: 4L-ADJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 505 (NO SERIES EXISTS)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 65074
- Year built: 2018
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

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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