- Date
- August 15, 2025, 13:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Storrington, United Kingdom · 50.883°,?-0.488
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N600MWMD Helicopters 600N
- Defining event
- Autorotation: Miscellaneous/other
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- UK AAIB, Rolls-Royce, MD Helicopters
- Case key
- 200816
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N600MW
- Reported as
- MD Helicopters 600N
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- RN064
- Built
- 2001
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce M250, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Operator
- Rn064 Inc Owner Trustee
- Registered owner
- Rn064 Inc Owner Trustee
- Departed
- Kelso, OF
- Destination
- EGKA · Shoreham-by-Sea, OF
- Equipment
- ADS-B
N600MWRegistered now · MD Helicopters 600NAirframe modelMD Helicopters 600NEngine modelAllison 250-C47 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.