- Date
- March 13, 2026, 10:59 local (Mar 12, 2026, 23:59 UTC)
- Place
- Drake, Australia
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- VH-TCFRobinson R44
- Defining event
- Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 202656
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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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- VH-TCF
- Reported as
- Robinson R44 (II)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- Textron Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial