# NTSB GAA21WA070: Bell 212, Región del Libertador Bernardo O´Higgins, Chile, January 27, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: January 27, 2021, 13:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place: Región del Libertador Bernardo O´Higgins, Chile
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102899
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA21WA070
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102899/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA21WA070

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: CC-ATY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 212
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., 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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