- Date
- April 17, 2018
- Place
- Talbingo NSW, Australia
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- VH-HUEGarlick UH1H
- Defining event
- Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 97179
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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.
Factual narrative
On April 17, 2018, about 1510 local time, a Garlick, Australian registration VH-HUE, operated as a freight charter and equipped with a Textron Lycoming T-53 engine, impacted terrain near Talbingo, Australia. The pilot, sole occupant onboard, was seriously injured. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating the accident. As the state of manufacture of the airplane and engines, the NTSB has designated an US accredited representative to assist the ATSB in its investigation. All inquiries concerning this accident should be directed to the ATSB of Australia: Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) P.O. Box 967, Civic Square Canberra A.C.T. 2608 Website: http://www.atsb.gov.au/
Aircraft
- Registration
- VH-HUE
- Reported as
- Garlick UH1H
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 65-09763
- Damage
- Destroyed