# NTSB GAA25WA142: Pilatus PC6, Maripasoula, French Guiana, January 21, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: January 21, 2025, 13:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Maripasoula, French Guiana
- Coordinates: 3.653833, -54.04275 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=3.6538&lon=-54.0427&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200041
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA25WA142
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200041/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA142

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: HB-FDU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS PC6 (B2H4)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 663
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Yankee Lima Helicopteres
- Registered owner: Yankee Lima Suisse SA
- Departed: SOCA, Matoury
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: runway 7

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: serious; commercial; seat: left

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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