# NTSB CEN15WA120: Bell 206 - L1, Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan, Guatemala, January 17, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 17, 2015, 15:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan, Guatemala
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 4 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 90648
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN15WA120
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90648/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15WA120

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: 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)

## Factual narrative

On January 17, 2015, about 1545 coordinated universal time (UTC), a Bell 206L-1 helicopter, TG-GOL, was destroyed after impacting terrain near Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán, Sololá, Guatemala. The pilot and three passengers received minor injuries. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the government of Guatemala. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the government of Guatemala. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil Aeropuerto Internacional "La Aurora" Zona 13 Guatemala, Centro América

## Aircraft

- Registration: TG-TOL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206 - L1
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: Rolls-Royce 250 turbo shaft
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., 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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