# NTSB MIA96WA230: Bell UH-1B, Concepcion, Argentina, August 15, 1996

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 15, 1996, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Concepcion, Argentina
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 8 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 38120
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA96WA230
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38120/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96WA230

## Aircraft

- Registration: LVWAV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Bell UH-1B
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 64-13933
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Business, Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Manuel Prieto, doing business as Servicios Especiales S.A.
- Registered owner: Manuel Prieto
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported

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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