# NTSB GAA26WA041: Robinson R44, Malawa, Poland, November 29, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: November 29, 2025, 14:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place: Malawa, Poland
- Coordinates: 50.0125, 22.141944 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=50.0125&lon=22.1419&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- 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): 202123
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202123/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA041

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: 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: F-HEAT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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=

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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