- Date
- August 30, 2013
- Place
- Matoes do Norte, Brazil
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- PT-HUEBell 206B
- Defining event
- Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 88417
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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 August 30, 2013, at 1555 coordinated universal time (1255 local time), a Bell 206B, Brazilian registration PT-HUE, was substantially damaged following a loss of engine power and a subsequent forced landing in Matões do Norte, Maranhão, Brazil. The pilot and the passenger were not injured. The local flight, which originated at Flamboyant Heliport (SJHR), Maranhão, Brazil, about 35 minutes earlier, was being conducted under Brazilian flight regulations. The investigation is under the direction of the government of Brazil. For further information contact: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center Investigative Division SHIS-QI 05-VI COMAR Brasilia-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Tel: (55-61) 3364-8812 Email: dipaa.spai@cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes, and only contains information released by the government of Brazil.
Aircraft
- Registration
- PT-HUE
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 4003
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Delta Aero Taxi Ltda
- Registered owner
- Delta Aero Taxi Ltda
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SJHR · Paco do Lumiar
- Destination
- SJHR · Paco do Lumiar
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- None
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC)
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 20, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 51 KB in all.