# NTSB ERA18WA123: Robinson R44, Rosario, Brazil, April 1, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 1, 2018, 19:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Rosario, Brazil
- Coordinates: -2.905833, -44.16611 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-2.9058&lon=-44.1661&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 97010
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA18WA123
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/97010/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18WA123

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: 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: PP-WVR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R44 (II)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 12991
- Year built: 2010
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: Lima Campos
- Destination: SSYG, Paco do Lumiar
- Flight plan: Unknown

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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