- Date
- September 28, 2016, 09:10 local (09:10 UTC)
- Place
- Ballina, Australia
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- LHB270916Pulse Vapor 55
- Defining event
- Enroute: Flight control sys malf/fail
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 94114
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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.
Flight control sys malf/failAll aircraft: 410 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Pulse Vapor 55 unmanned helicopter that occurred on September 28, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the ATSB's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the unmanned helicopter.All investigative information will be released by the ATSB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- LHB270916
- Reported as
- Pulse Vapor 55
- Category
- Helicopter