- Date
- January 25, 2026, 09:22 local (09:22 UTC)
- Place
- Hamilton Island, Australia
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- VH-8HRRobinson R44
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 202489
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power (partial)All aircraft: 1,858 casesDefining event
Aircraft
- Registration
- VH-8HR
- Reported as
- Robinson R44
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial