# NTSB ERA14WA047: Robinson R66, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 20, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 20, 2013, 10:30 local (10:30 UTC)
- Place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Coordinates: -22.988889, -44.25 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-22.9889&lon=-44.2500&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Loss of tail rotor effectiveness](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/242)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Robinson Helicopter, Rolls Royce
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88466
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA14WA047
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88466/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88466
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14WA047

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Loss of tail rotor effectiveness](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/242) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 100 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/242/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-MXM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R66
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 0195
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Hotel Portobelo S.A.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SBJR, Rio De Janeiro
- Destination: SIWS, Mangaratiba
- Airport: SIWS, Hotel Portebello Heliport

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 16, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88466. 54 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 54 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40405817&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.

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