# NTSB GAA25WA163: Robinson R44, Shelford, Australia, May 1, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: May 2, 2025, 09:43 local (May 1, 2025, 23:43 UTC)
- Place: Shelford, Australia
- Coordinates: -38, 144 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-38.0000&lon=144.0000&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- 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): 200213
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA25WA163
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200213/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA163

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-CTT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R44
- 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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