MD Helicopters INC 600N accident near Storrington, Outside the U.S., August 15, 2025
On August 15, 2025 at about 1:00 pm local time, a 2001 MD Helicopters INC 600N, registered N600MW, was substantially damaged in an accident near Storrington, Outside the U.S.. It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under rules the NTSB did not record. No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made November 2, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- August 15, 2025 · about 1:00 pm local time · cases in 2025
- Place
- Storrington, United Kingdom · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- MD Helicopters INC 600N, built 2001 · all 600Ns on the register
- Registration
- N600MW · registry record · serial RN064
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · rules the NTSB did not record
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Autorotation Miscellaneous/other defining event
The aircraft
- Seats: 4
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Rolls-Royce M250 (turboshaft); 0 hours total
- Operator: Rn064 INC Owner Trustee
The flight
- Departed from: Kelso OF at 4:41 pm
- Destination: EGKA Shoreham-By-Sea OF
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The NTSB has not released the docket for this case yet. The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), is usually released when the investigation is nearly complete, and the list here is refreshed when it appears. Check at the NTSB.
Connections how this case links to the rest of the register
- N600MW on the register today · the tail number may have moved to another aircraft since
- Md Helicopters Inc 600 12 registered today · the model family and its accident history
- Engine: Rolls-Royce M250 12 aircraft carry this series today · as the NTSB recorded it
- Accidents and incidents in Outside the U.S. 1,249 since 1982 · 1,232 in the last ten years
- Outside the U.S. 0 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/accident/GAA25WA242.json.
The bigger picture in Aviation Analytics: accidents over time since 1982, by model, by phase of flight and conditions, by place and on the map.
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text does not name anyone involved, its policy at this time. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.