# NTSB GAA22WA199: Bell 206, Currais Novos, Brazil, June 5, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: June 5, 2022, 16:36 local (16:36 UTC)
- Place: Currais Novos, Brazil
- Coordinates: -6.225833, -36.546389
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-6.2258&lon=-36.5464&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- 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): 105230
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA22WA199
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105230/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA199

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: PP-MCJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206 (B)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 4555
- Year built: 2001
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

## Weather

- Wind: 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 6.21 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Observed at: SBNT, 80 nm away
- METAR: SBNT 051900Z 09005KT 9999 -RA SCT035 FEW040TCU BKN080 26/24 Q1012

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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