# NTSB DCA16WA229: Pulse Vapor 55, Ballina, Australia, September 28, 2016

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 28, 2016, 09:10 local (09:10 UTC)
- Place: Ballina, Australia
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94114
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA16WA229
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94114/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16WA229

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 410 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PULSE Vapor 55
- Category: Helicopter

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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