# NTSB CEN14WA068: Bell 407, Rio Ablajo, Honduras, November 16, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 16, 2013, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Rio Ablajo, Honduras
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 7 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88464
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN14WA068
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88464/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88464
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14WA068

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On November 16, 2013, approximately 1030 central standard time, a Bell 407 helicopter, HR-AXO, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing for undetermined reasons near Rio Ablajo, Honduras. The pilot and six passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight. The flight departed the Toncontin International Airport (MHTG), Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and was en route to Juticalpa, Honduras. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the government of Honduras. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the government of Honduras. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: SECRETARÌA DE OBRAS PÙBLICAS, TRANSPORTE Y VIVIENDA DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE AERONAUTICA CIVIL Apartado Postal 30145 Tegucigalpa, M. D. C., Honduras, C. A.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HR-AXO (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 53317
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MHTG, Tegucigalpa
- Destination: Juticalpa
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 3, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88464. 49 KB in all.

- Docket Statement (item 1, .PDF, 49 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40410966&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Docket%20Statement-Master.PDF

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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