Date: | Saturday 19 February 2022 |
Time: | 20:34 LT |
Type: | MD Helicopters 500N (MD520N) |
Owner/operator: | Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) |
Registration: | N521HB |
MSN: | LN084 |
Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
Total airframe hrs: | 15028 hours |
Engine model: | Rolls Royce 250-C20R/2 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Newport Beach, CA - United States of America |
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Aerial patrol |
Departure airport: | Huntington Beach, CA |
Huntington Beach, CA | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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16 October 2009 | N521HB | City Of Huntington Beach | 0 | Los Alamitos, California | sub | |
Heavy landing |
LOC-I. TFO died after being trapped after a water impact. NTSB Probable Cause: The helicopter's encounter with unanticipated right yaw during a low-altitude, low-airspeed, tight-radius orbit. https://t.co/GuObiY4lvd #police #helicopter #accident #flightsafety #aviationsafety pic.twitter.com/r08SoQlqka
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) January 1, 2024
All that’s visible of the Huntington Beach helicopter that crashed in Newport Beach around 6:30 pm Saturday night. pic.twitter.com/tS2XrOQin5
— Caitlin Antonios | كيتلين أنطونيوس (@caitlinantonios) February 20, 2022
Aerial photos Huntington Beach PD helicopter crash Newport Beach pic.twitter.com/JoK7K7idp4
— SoCalNewsMan (@SoCalNews854) February 20, 2022
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20-Feb-2022 06:58 | gerard57 | Added |
20-Feb-2022 07:41 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
20-Feb-2022 09:48 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
20-Feb-2022 09:50 | Aerossurance | Updated [Phase, Nature, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
20-Feb-2022 14:27 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Location, Source] |
21-Feb-2022 20:17 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
28-Feb-2022 19:18 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Source] |
03-Apr-2022 16:46 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
31-May-2023 08:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]] |
22-Dec-2023 11:21 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, Accident report] |
22-Dec-2023 11:25 | harro | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
01-Jan-2024 14:43 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
01-Jan-2024 15:06 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code] |