# NTSB GAA25WA015: Sikorsky S76, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, October 24, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: October 24, 2024
- Place: Port Harcourt, Nigeria
- Coordinates: 4.227694, 8.330805
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=4.2277&lon=8.3308&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 8 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Sikorsky
- NTSB case key (mKey): 195388
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA25WA015
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195388/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA015

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: 5N-BQG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SIKORSKY S76 (C)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 760486
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: EASTWIND AVIATION Logistic Services Ltd
- Registered owner: EASTWIND AVIATION Logistic Services Ltd

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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