# NTSB GAA21WA124: Robinson R44, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, May 8, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: May 8, 2021, 12:15 local (12:15 UTC)
- Place: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Coordinates: -19.983889, -43.966111
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-19.9839&lon=-43.9661&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 103153
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA21WA124
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103153/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA21WA124

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-RDR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R44 (II)
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Helic Air Taxi Aereo E Servico Aereo Especializado LTDA
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Destination: Ipatinga
- Equipment: Unknown

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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