- Date
- April 8, 2011, 20:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Santo Andre City, Brazil
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- PT-YMJBell 206B
- Defining event
- Enroute: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 78872
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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 April 8, 2011, at 2030 coordinated universal time (1730 local time), a Bell 206B, Brazilian registration PT-YMJ, was destroyed when it impacted terrain at the 5,000-foot level of the Serra do Mar mountain range in Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil. The pilot and the passenger were fatally injured. The flight, which originated at Porto Marina Astúrias Heliport (SICV), Guaruja, São Paulo, Brazil, destined for Campo de Marte Airport (SBMT), São Paulo City, São Paulo, Brazil, was being conducted under Brazilian flight regulations. The investigation is under the direction of the government of Brazil. For further information contact: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center Investigative Division SHIS-QI 05-VI COMAR Brasilia-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Tel: (55-61) 3364-8812 Email: dipaa.spai@cenipa.aer.mil.br
Aircraft
- Registration
- PT-YMJ
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 4478
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- SICV · Asturias
- Destination
- SBMT · Sao Paulo
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- Fatal
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 25, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 57 KB in all.