# NTSB GAA22WA265: Robinson R66, Zapallar, Chile, September 4, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: September 4, 2022, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Zapallar, Chile
- Coordinates: -32.553806, -71.458136 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-32.5538&lon=-71.4581&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Robinson Helicopter, Rolls-Royce, DGAC
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105857
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA22WA265
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105857/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA265

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 392 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401/sequence.md)
- [Initial climb: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)
- [Initial climb: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: CC-DFY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R66
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 1115
- Year built: 2022
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Sociedad Agricola Picarquin Ltd
- Departed: Zapallar
- Destination: Pirque
- Equipment: Video recording device

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day

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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