# NTSB GAA23WA025: Bell UH-1, San Clemente, Chile, November 3, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: November 3, 2022, 10:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place: San Clemente, Chile · Región del Maule
- Coordinates: -35.55, -71.483333 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-35.5500&lon=-71.4833&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: DGAC, Ozark Aeroworks
- NTSB case key (mKey): 106250
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106250/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA025

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: 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: CC-CXZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL UH-1 (D)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 8057
- Year built: 1969
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: External load, Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Servicios Aéreos Kipreos Ltda
- Registered owner: Helicopteros Del Pacifico
- Departed: Talca
- Destination: Same as departure

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), 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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