# Accident 20130107007199A: Boeing-Vertol 234, Pucallpa Peru, January 7, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2013, 14:57 local time
- Place: Pucallpa Peru
- Airport: Pucallpa, Peru
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 5CPF
- Location: 8.0175° S, 74.6944° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-8.0175&lon=-74.6944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N241CH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N241CH-2017-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing-Vertol 234 (registry code 1385051, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-vertol-234) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell AL5512 (registry code 33903, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-al5512) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING-VERTOL 234
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL AL5512
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 7
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,561 total, 1,494 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13RA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13RA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130107007199A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON JANUARY 7, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 1457 PERUVIAN LOCAL TIME (1957 GMT), N241CH, A BOEING MODEL 234 VERTOL HELICOPTER, OPERATED BY COLUMBIA HELICOPTERS, PERU (5CPF), EXPERIENCED AN INFLIGHT BREAKUP AND CRASHED INTO A FIELD 4NM NORTHWEST OF PUCALLPA, PERU (SPCL).  THE AFT ROTOR SYSTEM INCLUDING THE TRANSMISSION CASE AND MOST OF THE AFT PYLON WERE LOCATED 400 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE.  ONBOARD WERE TWO PILOTS AND FIVE COMPANY PERSONNEL; ALL RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.  THERE WERE NO GROUND INJURIES.  MODERATE POST CRASH FIRE CONSUMED MUCH OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE BUT THE AFT PYLON WAS NOT BURNED.  WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH WAS WIND 080 AT 08 KNOTS, UNLIMITED VISIBILITY, SCATTERED CLOUDS AT 1,500, SCATTERED CLOUDS AT 8,000, TEMPERATURE 31 DEGREES CELSIUS (88 DEGREES FARENHEIT), DEWPOINT 24 DEGREES CELSIUS (76 DEGREES FARENHEIT), ALTIMETER 1009 MB.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB ERA13RA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13RA106), Jan 7, 2013: Boeing-Vertol 234 (N241CH), Pucallpa, Peru, Peru, destroyed, 7 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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