- Date
- October 24, 2018, 15:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Valparaiso, Chile
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- CC-CPUGarlick UH1D
- Defining event
- Approach: Loss of engine power (partial)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 98645
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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 Chile has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a GARLICK UH1D helicopter that occurred on October 24, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Chile's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Chile.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CC-CPU
- Reported as
- Garlick UH1D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- External load · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Helicopteros Del Pacifico LTDA
- Registered owner
- Helicopteros Del Pacifico LTDA
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- Lliu Lliu
- Destination
- Lliu Lliu
- Equipment
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC)
- Wind
- 300° at 3 knots
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Observed at
- SCVM, 17 nm away