ENG25WA025

NTSB incident investigation · Leonardo AW139 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · February 20, 2025

Incident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
February 20, 2025, 13:00 local (13:00 UTC)
Place
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Injuries
7 uninjured
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
PR-OHYLeonardo AW139
Defining event
Enroute-cruise: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Aviation Engineering Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
199778

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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.

Aircraft

Registration
PR-OHY
Reported as
Leonardo AW139
Category
Helicopter
Serial number
41501
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Omni Taxi Aereo S.A.