AA5342-Blackhawk Collision at DCA¶

There is this thread on pprune about the mid-air collision between a CRJ700, operating as PSA Airlines flight 5342, and a Sikorsky UH-60L, operated by the US Army under the callsign PAT25 approximately 0.5 miles southeast of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on 29 January 2025:

1. Main Thread [pprune]

Useful Links¶

1. NTSB docket [NTSB]
2. Combined Transcript [NTSB}
3. This accident on the Aviation Safety Network
4. 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision [Wikipedia]
5. NTSB Jan. 27, 2026 Board Meeting Presentations [NTSB] Includes the findings, probable cause and final recommendations.

My condolences to all the people affected by this accident, in particular to the friends and families of the victims.

These threads have 1829 posts. Naturally enough it is ordered in time of each post but since it covers so many subjects it is a little hard to follow any particular subject.

Here I have reorganised the original thread by subject.

Any post that refers to a subject is included in a page in the original order of the posts.

Posts that mention multiple subjects are duplicated appropriately. I have not changed the content of any post and this includes links and images.

Each post is linked to the original so that you can check ;-)

NOTE: No AI was used during this.

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Significant Posts¶

Specific posts that are worth reading:

• Permalink: Airspace Chart, Image and Approach Plate User: fdr

• Permalink: NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy on Section 373 User: BBK

• Permalink: NTSB Letter to Congress (re: Section 373 of the FY26 NDAA) User: WillowRun 6-3

Posts by Subject¶

Here are all 68 subjects I have identified with the number of posts for each subject:

Posts with Inline Images¶

Posts that have inline images. These pages of posts might be useful for reference.

Posts with Useful External Links¶

External link title with the [number of posts].

• CNN [9]
• FAA [38]
• NTSB [25]
• New York Times [9]
• Washington Post [3]
• Wikipedia [9]
• YouTube Videos [64]
• pprune.org [19]

The 27 Most Up-voted Posts¶

This list the posts that have the largest number of up-votes. They are likely to be more important than others. There are 3648 up-votes on 1829 posts. "User Name" links are to the pprune user. "Permalink" links is to the post on pprune.

NOTE: Up-votes from closed threads maybe lost.

Posts by User on a Subject¶

The most prolific 30 posters in the original thread:The User Name links to the User page (below).The "Subjects" links to the first page on that subject.

NOTE: Up-votes from closed threads maybe lost.

Users Posts¶

Here are posts by users that have made >= 5 posts. If a post matches a subject there will be a link to the subject page which has that post so the post can be seen in context. Sorted by user name with [post count]:

Number of Posts by Date (GMT)¶

Here are the number of posts by date. All dates are included even if there are no posts. Each ■ represents 10 posts.

Number of Posts by Time of Day (GMT)¶

Here are the number of posts by time of day (GMT). Each ■ represents 2 posts.