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| Date: | Tuesday 12 November 2024 |
| Time: | c. 19:27 |
| Type: |  Bell 205A-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Servicios de Aviación Helilog Ltda. |
| Registration: | CC-ATF |
| MSN: | 30136 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tricao, Provincia de Curicó, Región del Maule -
 Chile
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | DGAC Chile |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Bell 205A-1 helicopter clipped a power line with the tail rotor and crashed on the banks of the Mataquito River, Tricao, Provincia de Curicó, Región del Maule, after having refilled the bambi bucket to fight a forest fire.
The pilot was not injured and the helicopter received substantial damage.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.t13.cl/noticia/nacional/video-helicoptero-capoto-mientras-combatia-incendio-rauco-12-11-2024
https://www.adnradio.cl/2024/11/12/helicoptero-que-combatia-incendio-en-rauco-capota-tras-rozar-cables-electricos/
https://www.vlnradio.cl/noticias/policial/2024/11/12/helicoptero-de-conaf-cayo-en-rauco-piloto-salio-ileso/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/creationwithstyle/52808059667/in/photolist-2ost7kn-2ostg2v/lightbox/ (photo)
History of this aircraft
Ex OB-1939-P, C-GCZG, N58126, (N304FD), N58126 Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 January 1999 | N58126 | City Of Los Angeles | 0 | Van Nuys, California |  |
sub |
Location
Media:
VIDEO | Captan el momento exacto en que un helicóptero de Conaf cae en la ribera de un río en Rauco. La aeronave capotó mientras el equipo combatía un incendio forestal activo en la comuna pic.twitter.com/Fx6WdTot1p
— elcontraste.cl (@elcontrastecl) November 13, 2024
CARABINEROS RESCATÓ A PILOTO EN ACCIDENTE AÉREO EN RAUCO.
— Neomarinero (@Neomarinero) November 13, 2024
A eso de las 19:35 horas, Carabineros de la Tenencia Sagrada Familia, tomó conocimiento de que un helicóptero de la Corporación Nacional Forestal (Conaf) habría caído en el kilómetro 19,8 a la orilla del Río Mataquito,… pic.twitter.com/HmnKy5Lyti
????????? | Helicóptero de #Conaf capotó mientras se encontraba trabajando en #IncendioForestal junto a los Bomberos de Rauco. pic.twitter.com/WKHiZwy7om
— Bomberos de Chile (@BomberosdeChile) November 12, 2024
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Nov-2024 07:32 | ASN | Added |
| 13-Nov-2024 08:23 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 14-Nov-2024 15:22 | poxipol | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, ] |
| 05-Mar-2025 08:25 | ASN | Updated [Accident report, ] |
| 29-Aug-2025 09:19 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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