# NTSB ERA11WA509: Robinson R44, Rio de Janeriro, Brazil, September 10, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 10, 2011, 23:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Rio de Janeriro, Brazil
- Coordinates: -22.969999, -43.291667 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-22.9700&lon=-43.2917&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 81932
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA11WA509
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/81932/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=81932
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11WA509

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On September 10, 2011, about 2330 universal coordinated time, a Robinson R44 II, Brazilian registration PR-CEC, was substantially damaged when it impacted wooded terrain during an aerial photography flight, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The foreign certificated pilot and one passenger received fatal injuries. The local flight departed Aeroporto Santos Sumont (SBRJ), Rio de Janiero, Brazil, about 2320. This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center (CENIPA) of Brazil. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center Investigation Division CENIPA SHIS - QI 05-VI Comar Brasilia-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Telephone: (55-61) 3364-8800 Fax: (55-61) 3365-1004 dipaa.spai@cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-CEC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R44 (II)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 12504
- Engines: Lycoming IO-540 245 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Other work use, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Celso Colombo Filho e Outros
- Registered owner: Celso Colombo Filho e Outros
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: SBRJ, Rio de Janeiro
- Destination: SBRJ, Rio de Janeiro
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 4, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=81932. 7 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 7 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40355051&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Foreign%20Accident%20Statement-Master.PDF

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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