- Date
- May 9, 2018, 14:05 local (14:05 UTC)
- Place
- Barra da Tijuca, Brazil
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- PT-HKYBell Helicopter 206
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 97314
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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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- PT-HKY
- Reported as
- Bell Helicopter 206 (B)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 3146
- Built
- 1980
- Airframe hours
- 12,760.4
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Mapa Empreend. E Participacoes Ltda
- Registered owner
- Mapa Empreend. E Participacoes Ltda
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- February 19, 2018 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- SDRE · Rio de Janeiro
- Destination
- SBCB · Cabo Frio
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Equipment
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Turbulence
- Unknown
- Observed at
- SBJR, 3 nm away