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| Date: | Monday 9 May 2011 |
| Time: | 16:35 |
| Type: |  Bell 206L-3 LongRanger III |
| Owner/operator: | ACA - AeroCharter Andina SA |
| Registration: | HK-4718 |
| MSN: | 51553 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1992 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Puerto Wilches -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Puerto Wilches |
| Pozo Garzo | |
| Investigating agency: | Aerocivil |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Helicopter was taking off after picking up a petrochemical survey crew when it lost altitude and crashed for unknown reasons.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/oriente/siete-lesionados-en-caida-de-helicoptero-en-santander_9317604-4&ei=uCbJTcm1GeTp0QHe272SCQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/oriente/siete-lesionados-en-caida-de-helicoptero-en-santander_9317604-4%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG%26biw%3D1276%26bih%3D691%26prmd%3Divns
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.caracol.com.co/nota.aspx%3Fid%3D1469022&ei=kyXJTbuRA5Oztwf467GCCA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBwQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.caracol.com.co/nota.aspx%253Fid%253D1469022%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG%26biw%3D1276%26bih%3D689%26prmd%3Divns
https://www.aviacol.net/accidentes-incidentes/accidente-de-helicoptero-en-santander.html
http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/autoridad-de-la-aviacion-civil/investigacion/Histricos%20Accidentes/HK4718.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-May-2011 08:26 | Anon. | Added |
| 10-May-2011 08:46 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, ] |
| 11-May-2011 01:18 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, ] |
| 11-May-2011 02:54 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, ] |
| 06-Jul-2020 14:07 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Time, Source, ] |
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