- Date
- March 31, 2026, 14:36 local (04:36 UTC)
- Place
- Yorke Island, Australia · Yorke Island Airport
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- VH-HYRRobinson R44
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Flight control sys malf/fail
- Weather
- Day
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 202935
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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.
Flight control sys malf/failAll aircraft: 410 casesDefining event
Aircraft
- Registration
- VH-HYR
- Reported as
- Robinson R44 (II)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- YYKI · Yorke Island Airport
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- 130° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Icing
- Unknown
- Turbulence
- Unknown
- Observed at
- YHID, 83 nm away
- METAR
- METAR YHID 311230Z AUTO 13007KT 9999 // FEW015 27/25 Q1011=