# NTSB WPR10WA249: Bell 206, Traralgon, Australia, Australia, May 20, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 20, 2010, 04:15 local (04:15 UTC)
- Place: Traralgon, Australia, Australia
- Coordinates: -38.516666, 146.433334
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-38.5167&lon=146.4333&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 76067
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR10WA249
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/76067/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76067
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10WA249

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On May 20, 2010, about 0415 Universal Coordinated Time, a Bell 206 L-3, VH-OSU, operated by a pilot from New Zealand doing crop spraying operations struck a power line and subsequently collided with terrain near Latrobe Valley Aerodrome, Traralgon, Australia. The meteorological conditions were not reported at the time. The helicopter was destroyed and the pilot, the sole occupant, was killed. The departure and destination airports are unknown. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Australia. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Australia. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Australian Transportation Safety Bureau (ATSB) P.O. Box 967, Civic Square Canberra A.C.T. 2608 Australia Telephone: (61) 2 6257-4150 Fax: (61) 2 6274-6434

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-OSU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206 (L3)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 51226
- Engines: ALLISON turbo shaft
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Aerial application, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Thomas Osborne
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: Latrobe Valley

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 25, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76067. 39 KB in all.

- DMS Docket Item (item 1, .PDF, 39 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40330335&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=DMS%20Docket%20Item-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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