# NTSB ERA16WA240: Bell Helicopter 407, Jundiaí, Brazil, June 26, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 26, 2016, 11:10 local (11:10 UTC)
- Place: Jundiaí, Brazil
- Coordinates: -23.282499, -46.834445 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-23.2825&lon=-46.8344&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: 5 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93532
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16WA240
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93532/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16WA240

## 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)

## Factual narrative

On June 26, 2016, about 1110 coordinated universal time, a Bell 407, Brazilian registration PR-CBB, was destroyed during a collision with terrain and post-crash fire in Jundiaí, Brazil. The pilot and four passengers were fatally injured.The flight had originated about 20 minutes earlier from Sao Paulo, Congonhas (SBSP), Brazil, and was enroute to Americana (SDAI), Sao Paulo, Brazil. This investigation is under jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center Investigation Division SHIS - QI 05-VI Comar Brasilia-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Telephone: (55-61) 3364-8800 Fax: (55-61) 3365-1004 dipaa.spai@cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes and only contains information released by the Brazilian Government.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-CBB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL HELICOPTER 407 (NO SERIES)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 53926
- Engines: Rolls Royce turbo shaft
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SBSP, Sao Paulo
- Destination: SDAI, Americana

## Weather

- Conditions: Day
- Wind: 40° at 6 knots
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.36 inHg
- Observed at: SBSP, 27 nm away

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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