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NTSB accident investigation · Robinson R44 · Malawa, Poland · November 29, 2025

Accident · FatalClass 5 · Foreign
Date
November 29, 2025, 14:45 local (14:45 UTC)
Place
Malawa, Poland
Injuries
2 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Unknown
Aircraft
F-HEATRobinson R44
Defining event
Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency
Other
Case key
202123

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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
F-HEAT
Reported as
Robinson R44 (II)
Category
Helicopter
Serial number
12986
Damage
Destroyed
Fire
On-Ground
Flight
Non-U.S., non-commercial
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal

Weather

Wind
90° at 5 knots
Visibility
3 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
500 ft overcast
Temperature
39 °F, dew point 37 °F
Altimeter
29.97 inHg
Observed at
EPRZ, 8 nm away
METAR
METAR EPRZ 291530Z 09005KT 5000 BR OVC005 04/03 Q1015=