# NTSB ERA13WA289: Bell 212, Tefe, Brazil, June 14, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 14, 2013, 08:10 local (08:10 UTC)
- Place: Tefe, Brazil
- Coordinates: -4.501111, -65.517776 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-4.5011&lon=-65.5178&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 87233
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA13WA289
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/87233/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=87233
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13WA289

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On June 14, 2013, about 0810 universal coordinated time, a Bell 212 helicopter, Brazilian registration PR-HRZ, operated by an oil and gas exploration and production company, was destroyed when it impacted terrain shortly after takeoff from a support base located in Tefe, Amazonas, Brazil. The pilot and a passenger were fatally injured. The flight was destined for the Tefe Airport (SBTF), Amazonas, Brazil. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center Investigation Division SHIS - QI 05-VI Comar Brasilia-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Telephone: (55-61) 3364-8800 Fax: (55-61) 3365-1004 dipaa.spai@cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-HRZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 212
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 30524
- Engines: P&W Canada PT-6T 1800 horsepower turbo shaft
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Business, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: HRT Netherland BV
- Registered owner: HRT Netherland BV
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: NONE, Tefe
- Destination: SBTF, Tefe
- Airport: SBTF, Tefe

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 20, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=87233. 177 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 177 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40395449&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Foreign%20Accident%20Statement%20-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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