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Accidents · NTSB ENG13WA028 · Preliminary: the investigation is not finished

Sikorsky S-76C incident near United Kingdom, Gb, May 23, 2013

On May 23, 2013 at about 9:30 am local time, a Sikorsky S-76C (helicopter), registered GXXEB, was involved in an incident near United Kingdom. It was flown under rules the NTSB did not record. The NTSB record does not give the injuries.

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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged

The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.

Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.

What the record shows

Date
May 23, 2013 · about 9:30 am local time
Place
United Kingdom, Gb
Type
Incident
Injuries
The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
Weather
not recorded
Aircraft
Sikorsky S-76C · all S-76Cs on the register
Registration
GXXEB · no longer on the register
Damage
Not recorded
Flight
Flight · rules the NTSB did not record

The NTSB's narrative preliminary · quoted from the NTSB record

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) of the United Kingdom has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Sikorsky S-76C. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AAIB investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Design and Manufacture of the helicopter. All investigative information will be released by the AAIB of the United Kingdom.

The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.

The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English

The aircraft

  • Landing gear: retractable

Weather at the time

  • Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)

About this page

Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number ENG13WA028.