- Date
- December 29, 2009, 16:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place
- Pitalito, Colombia
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- HK4177Hughes 369
- Defining event
- Approach: Loss of control in flight
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 75221
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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 December 29, 2009, about 1655 universal coordinated time (1155 local time), a Hughes 369D, Colombian registration HK4177, operated by Sociedad Aerea de Ibague, was substantially damaged during a forced landing in Pitalito, Huila, Colombia. The Colombian pilot was fatally injured and the passenger was seriously injured. The flight, which originated at Ibague Airport (SKIB), Ibague, Colombia, was operating under Colombian flight regulations. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Colombia. Further information can be obtained from: Grupo de Investigacion de Accidentes Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronautica Civil Avenida Eldorado # 103-23 Bogota, Colombia Telephone: 57-1-2662210 This report is for informational purposes, and only contains information released by the government of Colombia.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HK4177
- Reported as
- Hughes 369 (D)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 470124D
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Sociedad Aerea de Ibague
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SKIB · Ibague
- Destination
- NONE · Pitalito
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 7, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 34 KB in all.