- Date
- December 7, 2019
- Place
- Williamtown Aerodrome, Australia
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- VH-OXIOas UH-1H
- Defining event
- Enroute: Loss of tail rotor effectiveness
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 100867
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of tail rotor effectivenessAll aircraft: 100 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Australia has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a OAS UH-1H helicopter that occurred on December 07, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Australia's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Australia.
Aircraft
- Registration
- VH-OXI
- Reported as
- Oas UH-1H
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 64-13497
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Operator
- Touchdown Helicopters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown