# NTSB GAA26WA016: Robinson R44, Bentley, United Kingdom, October 30, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: October 30, 2025, 15:01 local (15:01 UTC)
- Place: Bentley, United Kingdom
- Coordinates: 53.544243, -1.129653 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=53.5442&lon=-1.1297&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Emergency descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/600) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Emergency descent: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 3 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Air Accidents Investigation Branch
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201939
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA016
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201939/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA016

## Sequence of events

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

- [Emergency descent: 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)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Roll over](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/097); cases with it: [All aircraft, 261 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/097/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-CFNF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R44 (II)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 12496
- Year built: 2008
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Kuki Helicopter Sales Ltd

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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