# NTSB ERA13WA124: Bell 206B, Sao Paulo, Brazil, January 21, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 21, 2013, 14:48 local (14:48 UTC)
- Place: Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Coordinates: -23.435277, -46.725833 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-23.4353&lon=-46.7258&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, 2 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Rolls-Royce North America
- NTSB case key (mKey): 86120
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA13WA124
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/86120/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86120
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13WA124

## 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 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 11, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86120. 50 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 50 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40386458&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.

---
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.