# NTSB GAA24WA086: Robinson R44, Lago Ranco, Chile, February 6, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: February 6, 2024, 17:57 local (17:57 UTC)
- Place: Lago Ranco, Chile · Helicopter is in the lake
- Coordinates: -40.280502, -72.456631 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-40.2805&lon=-72.4566&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 3 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 193755
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA086
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193755/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA086

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: CC-PHP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R44 (II)
- Category: Helicopter
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Transportes ICARO S.A.
- Registered owner: Transportes ICARO S.A.

## Weather

- Wind: 10° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 4.97 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Observed at: SCJO, 34 nm away
- METAR: SCJO 061800Z 01010KT 8000 -SHRA FEW020 BKN025 OVC035 20/18 Q1011

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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