# NTSB GAA24WA123: Robinson Helicopter R44, N5050, Suben, Austria, March 20, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: March 20, 2024, 11:30 local (10:30 UTC)
- Place: Suben, Austria
- Coordinates: 48.402785, 13.448221 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4028&lon=13.4482&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Dragged wing/rotor/float/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Austrian CASIA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 193977
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA123
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193977/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA123

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Dragged wing/rotor/float/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093) (defining event); cases with it: [Robinson Helicopter R44, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093/sequence.md?model=7640120), [All aircraft, 319 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5050](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5050-2024-05-14), registration cancelled 2024-05-14, S/N 30049, built 2019 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON HELICOPTER R44
- Registry model: [Robinson Helicopter R44](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44) (registry code 7640120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O-540-F1B5](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-540-f1b5) (registry code 42353, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 30049
- Year built: 2019
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airport: Schärding-Suben Airport

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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