- Date
- May 23, 2011, 21:05 local (21:05 UTC)
- Place
- Norte de Santander, Colombia
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- HK4448Bell 206L-3
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 79183
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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 May 23, 2011, about 2105 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a Bell 206L-3, Columbian registration HK4448, operated by Aviheco S.A., was destroyed following a collision with terrain near Norte de Santander, Columbia. The local flight originated in Bogota. The two crewmembers were killed. 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 contains only information released by the Government of Columbia.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HK4448
- Reported as
- Bell 206L-3
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 51479
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Aviheco S.A.
- Registered owner
- Rent Fly S.A.
- Departed
- Bogota
- Destination
- Norte de Santander
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 9, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 35 KB in all.