- Date
- January 21, 2013, 14:48 local (14:48 UTC)
- Place
- Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- PR-JBNBell 206B
- Defining event
- Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Rolls-Royce North America
- Case key
- 86120
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Sequence of events
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Factual narrative
On January 21, 2013, at 1448 universal coordinated time, a Bell Helicopter 206B, Brazilian registration PR-JBN, sustained substantial damage when it impacted a dwelling. One crewmember and one passenger received fatal injuries and the two other passengers received minor injuries. The flight departed from the Sao Paulo/Edifício Banespa - Patriarca Heliport (SDNP), State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, for a local flight to conduct inspection and mapping of green areas. 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 Investigation and Prevention Center CENIPA SHIS – QI 05-VI Comar Brasília-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Telephone: (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
- PR-JBN
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 4661
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Helimarte Taxi Aereo LTDA.
- Registered owner
- Helimarte Taxi Aereo LTDA.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- SDNP · Sao Paulo
- Destination
- SDNP · Sao Paulo
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- SDNP · Sao Paulo/Patriarca Heliport
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 11, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 50 KB in all.