# NTSB ERA10WA043: Aerospatiale AS350, Loreto, Peru, October 29, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 29, 2009, 13:05 local (13:05 UTC)
- Place: Loreto, Peru
- Coordinates: -3.723888, -75.431388 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-3.7239&lon=-75.4314&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA Miami International Field Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 74994
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA10WA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74994/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74994
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10WA043

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On October 29, 2009, about 1305 UTC, a Eurocopter AS350-B2, Peruvian registration OB-1909-P, operated by Helinka, had a total loss of engine power while descending to a remote landing zone. The helicopter collided with trees during a forced landing. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a visual flight rules flight plan was filed. The helicopter received substantial damage. The commercial pilot and one passenger were killed. One passenger received serious injury and the remaining passenger reported no injuries. The flight originated from a remote landing site at Loreto, Peru, at 1235 UTC. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Peru Comision de Investigacion de Accidentes de Aviacion (CIAA). Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: CIAA Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil Jirón Zorritos 1203 Lima 1 Perú Telephone: 011-511-615-7800, Ext. 3030 This report is for informational purposes only, and contains only information released by the Government of Peru.

## Aircraft

- Registration: OB-1909-P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROSPATIALE AS350 (B2)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 2433
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operator: Helinka
- Registered owner: Devco Aviation Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: Loreto
- Destination: Loreto
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; commercial; seat: right

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 29.81 inHg
- Observed at: SPQT

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 3, 2009, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74994. 12 KB in all.

- Memorandum (item 1, .PDF, 12 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40320833&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum-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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