- Date
- August 19, 2011, 19:48 local (19:48 UTC)
- Place
- Brazil
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- PR-SEKAgusta AW139
- Defining event
- Emergency descent: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- FAA/IFO
- Case key
- 81604
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Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
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 August 19, 2011, at 1948 coordinated universal time (16:48 local time), an Agusta, AW139, helicopter, Brazilian registration PT-SEK, impacted into the Atlantic Ocean, near an oil rig, identifier P-65, the helicopter sank in waters with a recorded floor depth of 100 meters (328 feet). The 2 person flight crew and 2 passengers have not been located and are presumed killed. The flight had just departed P-65 and was en route to Macae Municipality, Rio de Janerio, Brazil, at the time of the accident. 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 This report is for informational purposes, and only contains information released by the government of Brazil.
Aircraft
- Registration
- PR-SEK
- Reported as
- Agusta AW139
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 31081
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Senior Taxi Aereo Ltda.
- Registered owner
- Senior Taxi Aereo Ltda.
- Departed
- 9PSD · P-65 Oil Rig
- Destination
- SBME · Rio de Janerio
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC)
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 1, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7 KB in all.