# NTSB WPR21WA018: Osprey 2 Amphibian, Maitland Aerodrome, Australia, May 17, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: May 17, 2020, 10:00 local (00:00 UTC)
- Place: Maitland Aerodrome, Australia
- Coordinates: -32.7042, 151.4888 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-32.7042&lon=151.4888&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- 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): 102173
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR21WA018
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102173/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21WA018

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-WID (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Osprey 2 Amphibian
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: WJC 003
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Destination: Same as departure

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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