# NTSB LAX07WA057: Robinson R44, Nadi, Fiji, December 1, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 1, 2006, 19:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Nadi, Fiji
- Coordinates: -17.65, 177.374166666667
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-17.6500&lon=177.3742&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 65052
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX07WA057
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/65052/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=65052
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07WA057

## Aircraft

- Registration: DQ-IHE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Robinson R44
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 10344
- Airframe hours: 1004
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Positioning, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Crown Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 1, 2006
- Departed: Nadi Airport
- Destination: VOMO Island
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 31 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.77 inHg
- Observed at: NADI

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 22, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=65052. 3.2 MB in all.

- Materials Laboratory Factual Report of 07-058 (item 1, .PDF, 2.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40278012&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Materials%20Laboratory%20Factual%20Report%20of%2007-058-Master.PDF
- Materials Laboratory Factual Report 07-120 (item 2, .PDF, 494 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40288083&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Materials%20Laboratory%20Factual%20Report%2007-120-Master.PDF
- Materials Laboratory Factual Report no. 08-026 (item 3, .PDF, 180 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40289694&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Materials%20Laboratory%20Factual%20Report%20no.%2008-026-Master.PDF

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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