# NTSB GAA26WA003: Robinson R22, Brogans Creek, Australia, October 3, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 4 · Foreign
- Date: October 3, 2025, 13:30 local (03:30 UTC)
- Place: Brogans Creek, Australia
- Coordinates: -33, 150 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-33.0000&lon=150.0000&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201800
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA003
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201800/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA003

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-RDL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R22 (BETA)
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Departed: YSBK, Bankstown Aerodrome, OF
- Destination: YSBK, Bankstown Aerodrome, OF

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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