- Date
- July 11, 2012, 13:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- PT-HOLRobinson R22
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 84292
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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 July 11, 2012, at 1300 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a Robinson R22 Beta, Brazilian registration PT-HOL, operated by Master Escola Aviacao Civil Ltda, was destroyed following a loss of in-flight control and collision with a building near Sao Paulo, Brazil. The local flight originated in Sao Paulo. The two pilots were fatally injured. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Brazil. Further information can be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center Investigation Division SHIS – QI 05 – VI Comar, Brasilia-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Tel (55-61) 3364-8838, Fax (55-61) 3365-1004 dac.saai@cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.
Aircraft
- Registration
- PT-HOL
- Reported as
- Robinson R22 (BETA)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2189
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Master Escola de Aviacao Civil Ltda
- Departed
- SBMT · Sao Paulo
- Destination
- SBMT · Sao Paulo
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 17, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 40 KB in all.