# NTSB IAD00WA004: Hughes 369D, N1096C, Cologne, Germany, November 7, 1999

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 7, 1999
- Place: Cologne, Germany
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 48479
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD00WA004
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/48479/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00WA004

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1096C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1096C-2001-08-09), registration cancelled 2001-08-09, S/N 800780D (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Hughes 369D
- Registry model: [Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (registry code 4470706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Business, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Good Fabrication
- Departed: UNK
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Not reported
- Lowest ceiling: 300 ft overcast

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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