# NTSB ERA21WA034: Robinson R44, Cervinia, Italy, October 25, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Class 4 · Foreign
- Date: October 25, 2020, 15:07 local (15:07 UTC)
- Place: Cervinia, Italy
- Coordinates: 45.924167, 7.679444 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9242&lon=7.6794&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Robinson Helicopter, Lycoming
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102214
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA21WA034
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102214/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21WA034

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: 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: I-OLLI (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R44 (II)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 11439
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

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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