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| Date: | Thursday 17 September 1998 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 |
| Owner/operator: | Globo Comunicações e Participações Ltda |
| Registration: | PT-YPS |
| MSN: | 2762 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jacarepagua Airport, RJ -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
During a practice auto-rotation, Bell 407 helicopter PT-YLZ collided with an airborne Robinson R22 light piston helicopter, PT-YPS, it's left skid hitting the R22's main rotor. The Bell 407 landed safely, but both occupants of the R22 were killed when it crashed out of control.
Sources:
Flight International 21-27 April 1999, p44
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar-2013 17:40 | TB | Added |
| 13-Mar-2015 23:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
| 04-Jul-2016 11:19 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Sep-2016 16:30 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Aug-2019 20:38 | TB | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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