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NTSB accident investigation · Robinson R44 · Bentley, United Kingdom · October 30, 2025

Accident · FatalClass 5 · Foreign
Date
October 30, 2025, 15:01 local (15:01 UTC)
Place
Bentley, United Kingdom
Injuries
1 fatal, 3 minor
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Emergency descent
Aircraft
G-CFNFRobinson R44
Defining event
Emergency descent: Unknown or undetermined
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency
Other
Parties
Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Case key
201939

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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.

Roll overLanding-flare/touchdownAll aircraft: 261 cases

Aircraft

Registration
G-CFNF
Reported as
Robinson R44 (II)
Category
Helicopter
Serial number
12496
Built
2008
Damage
Destroyed
Flight
Non-U.S., non-commercial
Registered owner
Kuki Helicopter Sales Ltd