Date: Wednesday 8 August 2012
Time: 15:40 LT
Type: Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil
Owner/operator: Power Aviation Importação Ltda.
Registration: PR-DMG
MSN: 4737
Year of manufacture: 2009
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category: Accident
Location: Alto do Mundaí, Porto Seguro, Bahia -
Brazil
Phase: Approach
Nature: Private
Departure airport: Itacimirim, Porto Seguro
Destination airport: Alto do Mundaí, Porto Seguro
Investigating agency: CENIPA
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative: A civilian helicopter crashed on Wednesday afternoon (8) in a subdivision in the Alto Mundai region near Porto Seguro. There were six people on the helicopter, a pilot and five passengers, and no one was injured. The pilot would have lowered the height of the flight because of the strong wind, when it lost stability and fell into the jungle.
Accident investigation:
Investigating agency: CENIPA
Report number:
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report
Sources:
http://g1.globo.com/bahia/noticia/2012/08/helicoptero-cai-em-porto-seguro-ba-diz-corpo-de-bombeiros.html http://www.jornalfolhadoestado.com/noticias/3953/helicoptero-com-seis-pessoas-cai-em-matagal [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://canalpiloto.com.br/helicoptero-esquilo-pr-dmg-cai-em-vegetacao-de-porto-seguro-ba/]
Media:
VIDEO
Revision history:
Date/time Contributor Updates
08-Aug-2012 16:21
Black Typhoon
Added
30-Aug-2012 12:34
cleberjc
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, ]
26-Sep-2016 20:16
Aerossurance
Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ]
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