- Date
- December 6, 2023, 15:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Arau, Guyana
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- 8R-AYABell 412
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 193504
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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
- 8R-AYA
- Reported as
- Bell 412 (EP)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial