- Date
- December 19, 2023, 16:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Arthur's Pass, New Zealand
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- ZK-HGXRobinson R44
- Defining event
- Autorotation: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 193588
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- ZK-HGX
- Reported as
- Robinson R44 (II)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 10905
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Bay Heliwork Limited
- Registered owner
- Bay Heliwork Limited