# NTSB ERA12WA249: Beech 300, Puerto Aguiree, Chile, March 22, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 22, 2012, 03:58 local (03:58 UTC)
- Place: Puerto Aguiree, Chile
- Coordinates: -45.156387, -73.186386 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-45.1564&lon=-73.1864&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 8 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA International Field Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 83202
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA12WA249
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/83202/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83202
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12WA249

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)
- [Enroute-cruise: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)
- [Uncontrolled descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On March 22, 2012, at 0358 UTC, a Beech BE 300, Chilean registration CC-AEB registered to Banco Popular Espanol, S.A. and operated by Inaer Helicopter Chile SA as an air ambulance flight, departed controlled flight at Flight level 280 while in radio contact with Puerto Montt Radio. The airplane was last observed on radar in a spiraling descent about 6 miles north northeast of Puerto Aguirre, Chile, at 7,700 feet. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. An instrument flight plan was filed. The airline transport rated pilot in command, first officer, and six passengers were fatally injured. The flight departed Punta Arenas, Chile, at 0218 UTC en-route to Santiago, Chile. The airplane was located on the north face of Maca Volcano on March 25, 2012, in the vicinity of the last radar contact. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Chile. Further information may be obtained from: Directorate General of Civil Aeronautics Chile Elena Blanco # 1050 Providencia, Chile 7500000 Telephone: 011 56 02 410 7399 Fax: 011 56 02 410 7632 This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information obtained for or released by the Government of Chile.

## Aircraft

- Registration: CC-AEB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 300 (LW)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: FL128
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Inaer Helicopter Chile S.A.
- Registered owner: Banco Populart Espanol, S.A.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: SCCI, Punta Arenas
- Destination: SCEL, Santiago
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; seat: left
- Co-pilot; injuries: fatal; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; seat: right

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night
- Wind: 180° at 2 knots
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Observed at: SCTE

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 8, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83202. 18 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 18 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40365445&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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