# NTSB ERA11WA215: Bell 205, San Clemente, Chile, March 24, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 24, 2011, 22:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: San Clemente, Chile
- Coordinates: -35.55, -71.483329 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-35.5500&lon=-71.4833&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of tail rotor effectiveness](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/242)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 78686
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA11WA215
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78686/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11WA215

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Loss of tail rotor effectiveness](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/242) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 100 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/242/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: CC-CID (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 205 (A1)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 30081
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Firefighting, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: FAASA Chile Servicio Aereos LTDA
- Registered owner: FAASA Chile Servicio Aereos LTDA
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: San Clemente
- Destination: San Clemente
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: None

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)

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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