# NTSB GAA23WA018: Bell 407, São Paulo, Brazil, October 19, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: October 19, 2022, 13:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place: São Paulo, Brazil
- Coordinates: -23.63972, -46.66083 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-23.6397&lon=-46.6608&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Emergency descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/600) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Emergency descent: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- 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): 106204
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA018
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106204/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA018

## Sequence of events

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

- [Emergency descent: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: PP-BDL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 54468
- Year built: 2013
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Promax Produtos Maximos S/A

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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