# NTSB WPR20WA106: Aerospatiale AS350, Bankstown Aerodrome, Australia, February 5, 2020

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 5, 2020
- Place: Bankstown Aerodrome, Australia
- Coordinates: -33.924446, 150.988327 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-33.9244&lon=150.9883&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 101065
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR20WA106
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101065/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20WA106

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 994 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Australia has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Aerospatiale AS350 helicopter that occurred on February 05, 2020. 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-UAH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Aerospatiale AS350 (B3)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 7861
- Damage: No damage
- Operator: New South Wales Parks & Wildlife Service

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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