# NTSB WPR20WA242: MD Helicopter 600, Windhoek, Namibia, July 16, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: July 16, 2020, 08:30 local (08:30 UTC)
- Place: Windhoek, Namibia
- Coordinates: -22.540555, 17.153888 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-22.5406&lon=17.1539&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: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 3 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 101686
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR20WA242
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101686/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20WA242

## 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: V5-HVD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MD HELICOPTER 600 (N)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: RN 005
- Year built: 1997
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Part 129
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown

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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