# NTSB DCA22WA194: Uvify IFO, Darwin, Australia, August 18, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: August 19, 2022, 00:00 local (Aug 18, 2022, 14:30 UTC)
- Place: Darwin, Australia
- Coordinates: -12.468752, 130.849108
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-12.4688&lon=130.8491&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105856
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA22WA194
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105856/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22WA194

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: UNREG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Uvify IFO (211082IFOd1060000720)
- Category: Helicopter, unmanned
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Unknown
- Registered owner: Unknown

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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