- Date
- September 18, 2017, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Llano Bonito de Pococí, Costa Rica
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- TI-BGHBell 47G
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Scott's Bell 47, Inc., Consejo Técnico de Aviación Civil (CETAC), Lycoming Engines
- Case key
- 97657
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On September 18, 2017, at 0720 central daylight time, a Bell 47G2 helicopter, Costa Rican registration TI-BGH, serial number 1459, impacted terrain during an aerial application flight, near Llano Bonito de Pococí, Costa Rica. The pilot was fatally injured, and the helicopter sustained substantial damage. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local agricultural flight.The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Costa Rican Government and further information may be obtained from: Consejo Técnico de Aviación Civil (CETAC) Phone: (506) 2231-3280 Fax: (560) 2290-4121 Email: CTACaviacion@dgac.go.cr Webpage: www.dgac.go.cr/acerca_/cetac/ This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Costa Rican Consejo Técnico de Aviación Civil (CETAC).
Aircraft
- Registration
- TI-BGH
- Reported as
- Bell 47G (2)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1459
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Heli Green of Costa Rica
- Registered owner
- Heli Green of Costa Rica
- Departed
- MRAO
- Destination
- MRAO
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- Fatal
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC)