# NTSB GAA25WA185: Bell 407, Guptkashi, India, June 15, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: June 15, 2025, 00:13 local (00:13 UTC)
- Place: Guptkashi, India
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- 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): 200343
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA25WA185
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200343/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA185

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VT-BKA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., 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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