# NTSB ERA19WA046: Garlick UH1D, Valparaiso, Chile, October 24, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 24, 2018, 15:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Valparaiso, Chile
- Coordinates: -33.076667, -71.176109 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-33.0767&lon=-71.1761&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98645
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA19WA046
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98645/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19WA046

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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