# NTSB GAA23WA269: Bell 204B, Aratula, Australia, September 20, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: September 20, 2023, 14:44 local (04:44 UTC)
- Place: Aratula, Australia
- Coordinates: -27.9773, 152.4358 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-27.9773&lon=152.4358&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-hover: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- 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): 193160
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA269
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193160/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA269

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-hover: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-EQW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 204B
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 2038
- Damage: Destroyed

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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