# NTSB GAA24WA194: Bell 206, Bages, France, May 3, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: May 3, 2024, 09:10 local (09:10 UTC)
- Place: Bages, France · Etang de Bages (Bages pond)
- Coordinates: 43.109092, 2.998953
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1091&lon=2.9990&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/800) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Other: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Rolls-Royce, BEA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 194503
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA194
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194503/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA194

## Sequence of events

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

- [Other: 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: F-BXPF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 306
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Helicoandrone
- Registered owner: Helicoandrone

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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