# NTSB ERA16WA196: Sikorsky S76, Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil, April 28, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 28, 2016
- Place: Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil
- Coordinates: -21.790832, -41.30611 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-21.7908&lon=-41.3061&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-descent: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 11 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93273
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16WA196
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93273/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16WA196

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-descent: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On April 28, 2016, about 1330 coordinated universal time, a Sikorsky S76A, Brazilian registration PR-EMR, was substantially damaged during an emergency landing after a fire indication and precautionary engine shutdown on the right engine followed shortly by a loss of engine power in the left engine, near Campos dos Goytacazes Municipality, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The pilot, copilot, and nine passengers were not injured. The flight departed from Benedito Lacerda Airport (SBME), Macae, Brazil and was enroute to an off-shore oil platform. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. Further information can be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Center Phones: +55 (21) 3368-3617 email: investiga@seripa3.aer.mil Terceiro Serviço Regional de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronáuticos Endereço Praia do Galeão, 30 Ilha do Governador - Rio de Janeiro CEP: 21941-510 This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-EMR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SIKORSKY S76 (A)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 76006
- Engines: Rolls Royce 250-C30 turbo shaft; Rolls Royce 250-C30 turbo shaft
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Atlas Taxi Aereo
- Airworthiness certificate: None
- Departed: SMBE, Macae, Rj
- Destination: Campos dos Goytacazes

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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