# NTSB GAA25WA249: Bell 206, Cali, Colombia, September 1, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: September 1, 2025, 16:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place: Cali, Colombia
- Coordinates: 3.538056, -76.381944
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=3.5381&lon=-76.3819&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200919
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA25WA249
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200919/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA249

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: HK5198 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206 (L3)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 51175
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Delta Helicopteros S.A.S.
- Registered owner: Delta Helicopteros S.A.S.
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Airport: SKCL, Alfonso Bonilla Aragón Int. Airport
- Equipment: Unknown

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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