- Date
- February 15, 2014, 22:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Braganca, Brazil
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- PT-YMFRobinson R44
- Defining event
- Enroute: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Not reported
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 88839
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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 February 15, 2014, about 2200 coordinated universal time (UTC), a Robinson, R 44 helicopter, Brazilian registration PT-YMF, was destroyed when it impacted the ground in a dense forest in the Bragança Municipality, in the State of Pará, Brazil. The Brazilian pilot and sole passenger were fatally injured. According to reports, rain was in the vicinity at the time of the accident. The night flight was conducted under Brazilian flight regulations. It had departed Paragominas Airport (SNEB), Pará, Brazil earlier in the evening and was destined for Belém/Val-De-Cans - Júlio Cezar Riberio Airport (SBBE), Belém, Brazil. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center (CENIPA) of Brazil. Further information can be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center Investigation Division CENIPA SHIS – QI 05-VI Comar Brasilia-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Telephone: (55-61) 3364-8800 Fax: (55-61) 3365-1004 This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.
Aircraft
- Registration
- PT-YMF
- Reported as
- Robinson R44
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 0353
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner
- Horus Escola de Aviacao Civil
- Departed
- SNEB · Para
- Destination
- SBBE · Belem
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Certificate
- Foreign
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
- Wind
- 80° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.85 inHg
- Observed at
- SBBE
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 6, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 35 KB in all.