# NTSB WPR17WA039: Robinson R44, Juhu, India, December 11, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 11, 2016, 06:27 local (06:27 UTC)
- Place: Juhu, India
- Coordinates: 19.141288, 72.890226 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.1413&lon=72.8902&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious, 2 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94505
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR17WA039
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94505/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17WA039

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 410 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VT-PHB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R44
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground

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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