# NTSB GAA26WA196: Robinson R44, Tindal, Australia, April 28, 2026

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: April 28, 2026, 10:00 local (00:30 UTC)
- Place: Tindal, Australia · Tindal Aerodrome
- Coordinates: -14.512957, 132.365154
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-14.5130&lon=132.3652&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- 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): 203030
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA196
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203030/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA196

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: 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)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-RTB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R44
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 2246
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airport: KTR, Tindal Airport

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

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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