- Date
- April 15, 2018, 17:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Vereda Plateado, Colombia
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 minor; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- HK-4484Bell 206L-4
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 97075
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Loss of control in flightAll aircraft: 5,002 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Colombia has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BELL 206L-4 helicopter that occurred on April 15, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Colombia's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Colombia.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HK-4484
- Reported as
- Bell 206L-4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial