- Date
- November 30, 2023, 23:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- El Mirador, Guatemala
- Injuries
- 6 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2249ZBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Guatemala DGAC
- Case key
- 193465
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
- N2249Z
- Reported as
- Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 45753
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
N2249ZRegistration cancelled Jul 14, 2025 · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.