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.
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