- Date
- January 27, 2015
- Place
- Tena, Ecuador
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- FAE-605Hal Dhruv
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 90672
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control in flightAll aircraft: 5,002 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The Civil Aviation Authority of Ecuador has notified the NTSB of an accident involving an Ecuadorian Air Force Hal Dhruv helicopter, which occurred on January 27, 2015. The NTSB has appointed a U.S Accredited Representative to assist. All investigative information will be released by the Government of Ecuador.
Aircraft
- Registration
- FAE-605
- Reported as
- Hal Dhruv
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Armed forces
- Registered owner
- Ecuador Air Force
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)