# NTSB ERA20WA137: Bell 206, Chicureo, Chile, March 24, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 24, 2020, 20:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Chicureo, Chile
- Coordinates: -33.270557, -70.650558 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-33.2706&lon=-70.6506&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: DPA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 101117
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA20WA137
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101117/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20WA137

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: CC-ARR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206 (L3)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 51474
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Departed: Marabella
- Destination: SCHC, Chicureo
- Airport: SCHC, Chicureo Airport

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

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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