# NTSB ERA16WA147: Bell 206, Riosucio, Choco, Colombia, March 22, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 22, 2016, 14:48 local (14:48 UTC)
- Place: Riosucio, Choco, Colombia
- Coordinates: 7.624166, -76.517219 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=7.6242&lon=-76.5172&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92961
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16WA147
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92961/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16WA147

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: HK-5049 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206 (L1)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 45771
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Helify
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Equipment: Unknown

## Weather



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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