# NTSB ERA13RA106: Boeing-Vertol 234, N241CH, Pucallpa, Peru, Peru, January 7, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 7, 2013, 20:02 local (20:02 UTC)
- Place: Pucallpa, Peru, Peru
- Coordinates: -8.017499, -74.694442 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-8.0175&lon=-74.6944&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Aircraft structural failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 7 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA AVP-100
- NTSB case key (mKey): 85974
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA13RA106
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/85974/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=85974
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13RA106

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Aircraft structural failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337) (defining event); cases with it: [Boeing-Vertol 234, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337/sequence.md?model=1385051), [All aircraft, 290 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On January 7, 2013, about 2002 universal coordinated time (1502 local time), a Boeing-Vertol 234, N241CH, operated by Columbia Helicopters Peru, S.A.C., was destroyed during an inflight breakup and subsequent impact with terrain near Pucallpa, Peru. The U.S. commercial-rated pilot, Peruvian private-rated co-pilot, and five additional company employees of both U.S. and Peruvian nationality were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The sling-load positioning flight had departed FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo Interbnational Airport (SPCL), Pucallpa, Peru, about 5 minutes earlier, en route to Cadet FAP Guillermo del Castillo Paredes Airport (SPST), Tarapoto, Peru, and was operating under Peruvian flight regulations. The investigation is under the direction of the Republic of Peru. For further information contact: Comision de Investigacion de Accidentes de Aviacion (CIAA) Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil Avenida Jiron Zorritos 1203 Lima 1 Peru Central: 6157800 Tel: ( 511 ) 315 - 7800 http://www.mtc.gob.pe/portal/transportes/aereo/ciaa/ciaa.htm This report is for informational purposes, and only contains information released by the Republic of Peru.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N241CH](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N241CH-2017-12-11), registration cancelled 2017-12-11, S/N MJ016 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING-VERTOL 234
- Registry model: [Boeing-Vertol 234](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-vertol-234) (registry code 1385051) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Honeywell AL5512](https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-al5512) (registry code 33903, turbo-shaft) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: MJ016
- Engines: HONEYWELL AL5512 4075 horsepower turbo shaft; HONEYWELL AL5512 4075 horsepower turbo shaft
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Positioning, Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Columbia Helicopters Peru, S.A.C.
- Registered owner: Columbia Helicopters Leasing Inc
- Departed: SPCL, Pucallpa
- Destination: SPST, Tarapoto
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; injuries: fatal
- Co-pilot; age 42; injuries: fatal
- Other flight crew; age 46; injuries: fatal
- Other flight crew; injuries: fatal
- Other flight crew; age 72; injuries: fatal

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20130107007199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130107007199A), Jan 7, 2013: Boeing-Vertol 234, Pucallpa Peru, Destroyed, 7 fatal. On January 7, 2013, at approximately 1457 peruvian local time (1957 gmt), N241CH, a Boeing model 234 Vertol helicopter, operated by columbia helicopters, Peru…

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 11, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=85974. 26 KB in all.

- Memorandum for Record (item 1, .PDF, 26 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40387558&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record-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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.