# NTSB GAA24WA026: Aerospatiale SA341G Gazelle, N150SF, Spalding, United Kingdom, November 5, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: November 5, 2023, 13:49 local (13:49 UTC)
- Place: Spalding, United Kingdom
- Coordinates: 52.788348, -0.153063 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=52.7883&lon=-0.1531&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 193346
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA026
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193346/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA026

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Aerospatiale SA341G GAZELLE, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=8680610), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N150SF](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N150SF), registered now, S/N 1584, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSPATIALE SA341G GAZELLE
- Registry model: [Aerospatiale SA341G GAZELLE](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-sa341g-gazelle) (registry code 8680610) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Turbomeca ASTAZOU-111A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-astazou-111a) (registry code 60007, turbo-shaft) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 1584
- Year built: 1978
- Damage: Substantial damage
- 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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