# NTSB WPR21WA065: Robinson R44, Tallong, Australia, December 2, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: December 2, 2020, 16:30 local (05:30 UTC)
- Place: Tallong, Australia
- Coordinates: -34.722075, 150.074494 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-34.7221&lon=150.0745&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 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): 102369
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR21WA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102369/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21WA065

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-HGU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R44 (II)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 2615
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Operator: Unknown
- Registered owner: Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: Goulburn Aerodrome
- Destination: Same as departure
- Equipment: Unknown

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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