# NTSB GAA26WA026: Robinson R-66, Wellington, New Zealand, November 15, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: November 16, 2025, 07:55 local (Nov 15, 2025, 18:55 UTC)
- Place: Wellington, New Zealand
- Coordinates: -41.262721, 174.649392
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-41.2627&lon=174.6494&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- 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): 202011
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA026
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202011/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA026

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: ZK-IXT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R-66
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- 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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