# NTSB GAA23WA063: Eurocopter EC130 B4, Gold Coast, Australia, January 2, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 2, 2023
- Place: Gold Coast, Australia
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 106671
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA063
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106671/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA063

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 196 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250/sequence.md)

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: VH-XKQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER EC130 B4
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: VH-XH9 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER EC130 B4
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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