# NTSB ERA10WA012: Aerospatiale AS350, Cusco, Peru, October 1, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 1, 2009, 22:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place: Cusco, Peru
- Coordinates: -12.563055, -72.028053 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-12.5631&lon=-72.0281&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 74877
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA10WA012
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74877/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74877
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10WA012

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 10, 2009, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74877. 6 KB in all.

- Foreign Investigation Statement (item 1, .PDF, 6 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40322498&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Foreign%20Investigation%20Statement-Master.PDF

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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