- Date
- September 10, 2018, 17:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bartica, Guyana
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- 8R-GTRBell 206
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Loss of engine power (partial)
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 98282
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 (partial)All aircraft: 1,858 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Guyana has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BELL 206 helicopter that occurred on September 10, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Guyana's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Guyana.
Aircraft
- Registration
- 8R-GTR
- Reported as
- Bell 206 (L)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- Allison 250-C30, 650 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Air Services Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- SYEC · Georgetown
- Destination
- Bartica
- Equipment
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- None