# NTSB WPR21WA073: Robinson R44, Clare, Australia, December 22, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: December 22, 2020, 10:30 local (00:00 UTC)
- Place: Clare, Australia
- Coordinates: -33.7472, 138.7142
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-33.7472&lon=138.7142&mi=10
- 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): 102454
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR21WA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102454/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21WA073

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-HOB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R44 (II)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 10801
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-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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