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| Date: | Sunday 4 January 1998 |
| Time: | 15:15 LT |
| Type: |  Helibras AS 355 F2 |
| Owner/operator: | Qualicorp Consultoria Ltda. |
| Registration: | PT-HNB |
| MSN: | 5377 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Angra dos Reis, RJ -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Marechiaro Heliport, RJ (SDMS) |
| Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter, registration PT-HNB, took off from Heliponto Marechiaro (SDMS), in Angra dos Reis, at 3:05 p.m., with the pilot and four passengers on board, bound for Santos Dumont Airport (SBRJ), in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Still close to Angra dos Reis, flying over the sea at approximately 300 feet, the aircraft encountered a heavy formation with rain. Once inside the formation, the aircraft remained at a low altitude, with a speed of approximately 50 Kt, being subject to gusts of wind. Under these circumstances, the tail of the aircraft touched the surface of the water, followed by loss of control and falling into the sea. The pilot and three passengers abandoned the aircraft and were saved unharmed, while one of the passengers, who was unable to release his seat belt, sank with the aircraft and disappeared. Approximately three months after the accident, the aircraft was rescued.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CENIPA
https://www.helis.com/database/cn/31180/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-May-2025 19:38 | Justanormalperson | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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