# NTSB ERA14WA131: Robinson R44, Braganca, Brazil, February 15, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 15, 2014, 22:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Braganca, Brazil
- Coordinates: -1.191111, -46.937778
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-1.1911&lon=-46.9378&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88839
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA14WA131
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88839/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88839
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14WA131

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)
- [Uncontrolled descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

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

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; 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 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 6, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88839. 35 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 35 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40410544&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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