# NTSB ERA13WA439: Bell 206B, Matoes do Norte, Brazil, August 30, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 30, 2013
- Place: Matoes do Norte, Brazil
- Coordinates: -3.662499, -44.538055
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-3.6625&lon=-44.5381&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88417
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA13WA439
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88417/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88417
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13WA439

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Autorotation: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

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

- Pilot; injuries: none

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 20, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88417. 51 KB in all.

- Memorandum for Record (item 1, .PDF, 51 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40412451&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record%20%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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