# NTSB ERA11WA145: Scotts-Bell 47 47G-4A, El Tocuyo, Venezuela, February 9, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 9, 2011, 13:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place: El Tocuyo, Venezuela
- Coordinates: 9.756667, -69.812225
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=9.7567&lon=-69.8122&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA/AVP-100
- NTSB case key (mKey): 78369
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA11WA145
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78369/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11WA145

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: 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 February 9, 2011, about 1300 UTC, a Scotts-Bell 47, Inc., 47G-4A, YV-447A, collided into mountainous terrain near El Tocuyo, Venezuela. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and flight plan information is unknown for the foreign non-U.S. non commercial flight from Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport (SVAC), Acarigua, Venezuela. The helicopter was destroyed by impact and a postcrash fire and the commercial pilot, the sole occupant, was killed. The flight originated from SVAC about 1030 UTC. While en-route for an aerial application flight, the helicopter collided with mountainous terrain for undetermined reasons. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Venezuela. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Officina de Inspectoria Aeronautica Parque Central Torre Este, Piso 34 Apartado de Correos 17587 Caracas, Venezuela Phone: 58-212-201-3828 Fax: 58-212-509-2425 This report is for informational purposes only, and contains only information released by or obtained for the Government of Venezuela.

## Aircraft

- Registration: YV447A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Scotts-Bell 47, Inc. 47G-4A
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 6721
- Engines: Lycoming VO-540-B1B3 220 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Fumiteca
- Registered owner: Joao Donasimento
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SVAC, Acarigua
- Destination: SVAC, Acarigua
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; injuries: fatal; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.05 inHg
- Observed at: SVBM

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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