Accident · 2004-03-23

NTSB case DCA04MA030 · Sikorsky S76A++ · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 2004-03-23
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Sikorsky S76A++ (N579EH)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: ERA AVIATION INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): ERA Aviation, Inc.

Probable cause

the flight crew's failure to identify and arrest the helicopter's descent for undetermined reasons, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.

Source: NTSB case DCA04MA030

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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