# NTSB FTW00WA112: Bell 206B, N9GA, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, March 28, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 28, 2000, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Puntarenas, Costa Rica
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 51149
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW00WA112
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/51149/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00WA112

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9GA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9GA-2001-06-19), registration cancelled 2001-06-19, S/N 1461 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Bell 206B
- Registry model: [Bell 206B](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (registry code 1181511) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Beyond Productions Party, Ltd.
- Departed: NONE
- Flight plan: Company VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.