# NTSB WAS02WA005: Bell 407, Copiapo, Chile, October 11, 2001

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 11, 2001, 17:26 local (22:26 UTC)
- Place: Copiapo, Chile
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 53771
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WAS02WA005
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/53771/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WAS02WA005

## Aircraft

- Registration: CC-PBZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Bell 407
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Reynaldo Urbina
- Departed: Las Erena
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Wind: 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 29.92 inHg

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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