# NTSB WPR20WA317: Robinson R44, Mareeba Aerodrome, Australia, April 3, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: April 3, 2020, 11:00 local (01:00 UTC)
- Place: Mareeba Aerodrome, Australia
- Coordinates: -17.3953, 145.3408 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-17.3953&lon=145.3408&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102046
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR20WA317
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102046/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20WA317

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: 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: VH-RJN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R44
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 1361
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial

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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