# NTSB ERA21WA086: Bell 206, Mambucaba, Brazil, December 11, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: December 11, 2020, 18:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Mambucaba, Brazil
- Coordinates: -23.017536, -44.528595 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-23.0175&lon=-44.5286&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Rolls-Royce
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102447
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA21WA086
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102447/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21WA086

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: PP-MSA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206 (B)
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

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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