# NTSB WPR11WA488: Eurocopter BO105, Tari, Papua New Guinea, July 7, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 7, 2011
- Place: Tari, Papua New Guinea
- Coordinates: -5.844722, 142.947494
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-5.8447&lon=142.9475&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 83397
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR11WA488
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/83397/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11WA488

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: 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)
- [Emergency descent: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150); cases with it: [All aircraft, 504 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On July 7, 2011, about 1200 local time, a Eurocopter BO-105C, Papua New Guinea registry P2-LAE, sustained an uncontained engine failure in one of its Rolls-Ropyce 250-C20B engines. A fire consumed the helicopter following a forced landing. The helicopter was operated by Monalos Aviation under the provisions of the Papua New Guinea (PNG) civil aviation regulations. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the two occupants were not injured. The accident is under the jurisdiction of, and is being investigated by, the Papua New Guinea civil aviation authority. This report contains information provided by the PNG. For further information contact the PNG at: Department of Civil Aviation PO Box 684 Boroko, NCD Papua New Guinea

## Aircraft

- Registration: P2-LAE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER BO105 (CBS4)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: S-777
- Engines: Rolls-Royce 250-C20B turbo shaft
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Other work use, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Monalos Aviation
- Registered owner: Monalos Aviation
- Departed: Tari
- Destination: Tari
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)

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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