- Date
- February 9, 2023, 18:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Vargem Alta, Brazil
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- PR-PLFRobinson R44
- Defining event
- Approach: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 106740
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- PR-PLF
- Reported as
- Robinson R44
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial