# NTSB GAA26WA216: Bell 206, Recreio dos Bandeirantes, Rio de Janeiro., Brazil, June 14, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 4 · Foreign
- Date: June 14, 2026, 12:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Recreio dos Bandeirantes, Rio de Janeiro., Brazil
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 9 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203172
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA216
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203172/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA216

## Sequence of events

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

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

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: PP-MAC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206 (B)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 4521
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Fire at unknown time
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: PR-DJJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS350 (B2)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 7437
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Fire at unknown time
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

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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