- Date
- September 13, 2026, 18:39 local (23:39 UTC)
- Place
- Natchez, MS · Parking lot
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7527LRobinson Helicopter R44 II
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control in flight
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 203814
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7527L
- Reported as
- Robinson Helicopter R44 II
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 11150
- Built
- 2006
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Chop Air LLC
- Registered owner
- Chop Air LLC
N7527LRegistered now · Robinson Helicopter R44 IIAirframe modelRobinson Helicopter R44 IIEngine modelLycoming IO-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.