- Date
- October 1, 2009, 22:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place
- Cusco, Peru
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- OB-1911-PAerospatiale AS350
- Defining event
- Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 74877
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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 October 1, 2009, about 2205 UTC, a Eurocopter AS350-B3, Peruvian registration OB-1911-P, operated by Coyotair S.A.C., was destroyed following an impact with terrain near Cusco, Peru. The helicopter impacted against a hill side at approximately 11,700 feet elevation and coordinates 12 deg 33.785 min South, 072 deg, 01.681 min West. The helicopter was destroyed by impact forces and a post-crash fire. The pilot and two passengers were killed. This investigation is under jurisdiction of the Peru Comision de Investigacion de Accidentes de Aviacion (CIAA). For further information contact: CIAA Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil Jiron Zorritos 1203 Lima 1 Peru Tel: 011-511-615-7800, Ext 3030 This report is for informational purposes only and contains information released by, or obtained from, the Government of Peru.
Aircraft
- Registration
- OB-1911-P
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale AS350 (B3)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 3583
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Operator
- Coyotair S.A.C.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- SPHO · Ayacucho
- Destination
- Madre de Dios
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 10, 2009, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 6 KB in all.