# NTSB MIA99WA024: Aerospatiale Alouette 3, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, October 31, 1998

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 31, 1998, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Santa Cruz, Bolivia
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 6 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 45194
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA99WA024
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/45194/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99WA024

## Aircraft

- Registration: P2345 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Aerospatiale ALOUETTE 3
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Fernando Morales, doing business as Helibol, S.A.
- Departed: SLET, SANTA CRUZ, OF
- Destination: TOTAKI LODGE, OF
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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