# NTSB ERA14WA020: Bell 407 - NO Series, Gobierno, Argentina, October 13, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 13, 2013, 19:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Gobierno, Argentina
- 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: 1 fatal, 4 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88288
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA14WA020
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88288/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14WA020

## 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 October 11, 2013, at 1900 universal coordinated time, a Bell 407, Argentinian registration LQ-BHT, impacted power lines after takeoff near Gobierno, in the province of San Juan, Argentina. The pilot and three passengers were injured and one passenger was fatally injured. This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Junta de Investigación de Accidentes de Aviación Civil De Argentina. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Junta de Investigación de Accidentes de Aviación Civil (JIAAC) Avda Belgrano 1370 Piso 11 “B” C.P. 1093 Capital Federal Buenos Aires Argentina Telephone: 54+11 4382-8890/91 info@jiaac.gov.ar This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Republic of Argentina.

## Aircraft

- Registration: LQ-BHT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407 - NO SERIES (NO SERIES)
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

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.