- Date
- April 17, 2018
- Place
- Nova Esperanca, Brazil
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- PT-YZJBell Helicopter 407
- Defining event
- Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 97546
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 engine power (total)All aircraft: 3,820 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Brazil has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BELL 407 helicopter that occurred on April 17, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Brazil's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Brazil.
Aircraft
- Registration
- PT-YZJ
- Reported as
- Bell Helicopter 407 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 53342
- Engine
- Rolls Royce M250-C47, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Departamento De Policia Rodov.Federal
- Registered owner
- Departamento De Policia Rodov.Federal
- Departed
- SBCG · Campo Grande
- Destination
- SBMG · Maringa
- Flight plan
- Unknown