- Date
- August 25, 2019, 00:30 local (00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Buriti Alegre, Brazil
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- PR-APNRobinson R44
- Defining event
- Enroute: Loss of control in flight
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 100250
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 control in flightAll aircraft: 5,002 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Brazil has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a ROBINSON R44 helicopter that occurred on August 25, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Brazil's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Brazil.
Aircraft
- Registration
- PR-APN
- Reported as
- Robinson R44 (II)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 12069
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Vitoria Logistica LTDA
- Departed
- Buriti Alegro
- Destination
- Buriti Alegre