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DCA25MA108 Prelim.pdf (Copy and paste)

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DCA25MA108

DRAFT -- NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

Location: Washington, DC Accident Number: DCA25MA108

Date & Time: January 29, 2025, 20:48 Local Registration: N709PS (A1); UNREG

(A2) Aircraft: BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2C10

(A1); Sikorsky UH60 (A2) Injuries: 64 Fatal (A1); 3 Fatal

(A2) Flight Conducted Under: Part 121: Air carrier - Scheduled (A1); Armed Forces (A2

On January 29, 2025, about 2048 eastern standard time (EST), a Sikorsky UH-60L, operated by

the US Army under the callsign PAT25, and an MHI (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) RJ Aviation

(formerly Bombardier) CL-600-2C10 (CRJ700), N709PS, operated by PSA Airlines as flight

5342, collided in flight approximately 0.5 miles southeast of Ronald Reagan Washington

National Airport (DCA), Arlington, Virginia, and impacted the Potomac River in southwest

Washington, District of Columbia.

The 2 pilots, 2 flight attendants, and 60 passengers aboard the airplane and all 3 crew

members aboard the helicopter were fatally injured. Both aircraft were destroyed as a result of

the accident. Flight 5342 was operating under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal

Regulations (CFR) Part 121 as a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Wichita Dwight D.

Eisenhower National Airport (ICT), Wichita, Kansas, to DCA. PAT25 originated from Davison

Army Airfield (DAA), Fort Belvoir, Virginia, for the purpose of the pilot’s annual standardization

evaluation with the use of night vision goggles (NVGs). Night visual meteorological conditions

prevailed in the area of DCA at the time of the accident. Figure 1 below shows preliminary

radar flight track information for PAT25 and preliminary automatic dependent surveillance-

broadcast (ADS-B) information for flight 5342.