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| Date: | Saturday 27 September 1997 |
| Time: | c. 21:32 LT |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | Flaubert Equipamentos Ltda. |
| Registration: | PT-YFL |
| MSN: | 2413 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1994 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Belo Horizonte, MG -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, MG (PLU/SBBH) |
| Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, MG (PLU/SBBH) | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter, registration PT-YFL, took off from Pampulha Airport (SBBH), in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, with the pilot and one passenger, for a local night flight, which would fly over a church in the same city, where a wedding was taking place.
Approximately 15 minutes after takeoff, near the church, the pilot noticed a loss of power in the aircraft's engine, an anomaly accompanied by an audible low RPM (rotor rotations per minute) alarm.
In an attempt to land the aircraft outside the populated area, the pilot lowered the collective, inducing an autorotation, and banked to the right, aiming to reach the area of the railway lines. There, the main rotor contacted a power distribution pole, leading to the loss of control of the aircraft, which crashed into the ground suddenly.
The aircraft suffered severe and widespread damage; the pilot suffered serious injuries and the passenger minor injuries.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CENIPA
https://www.rotorspot.nl/product/r22.php
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2025 20:54 | Justanormalperson | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, ] |
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