# NTSB WPR21WA066: Bell 407, Kala, Tanzania, November 10, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: November 10, 2020, 14:37 local (11:37 UTC)
- Place: Kala, Tanzania
- Coordinates: -7.317997, 31.72237 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-7.3180&lon=31.7224&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 3 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102373
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR21WA066
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102373/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21WA066

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: ZS-MCC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 53766
- Year built: 2007
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operator: Unknown
- Registered owner: Unknown

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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