# NTSB GAA24WA024: Robinson R44, Cirque de Salazie, Réunion, October 31, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: October 31, 2023, 09:00 local (05:00 UTC)
- Place: Cirque de Salazie, Réunion
- Coordinates: -21.040146, 55.542908 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-21.0401&lon=55.5429&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Robinson Helicopter Company, BEA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 193327
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA024
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193327/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA024

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Maneuvering: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: F-HLOU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R44 (II)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 10158
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, 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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