Date:	Thursday 16 January 2025
Time:	c. 20:34 LT
Type:	Eurocopter EC 130B4
Owner/operator:	C & F Administração de Aeronaves Ltda
Registration:	PR-WVT
MSN:	3490
Year of manufacture:	2001
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Caieiras, SP -   Brazil
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	SIBH
Destination airport:	Americana Airport, SP (SDAI)
Investigating agency:	CENIPA
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
A Eurocopter EC 130B4, PR-WVT, crashed in Caieiras, São Paulo, after striking trees at night in reported adverse weather.
Two passengers died and the pilot and another passenger (a child) survived with minor injuries. The helicopter was destroyed.

Nearby METAR from SBMT and SBJD (20 and 27 km away) around the time of the crash showed low visibility, rain, mist, and the lowest clouds between 1000 and 1300 feet:

METAR SBMT 162300Z 12006KT 1200 +RA SCT013 BKN050 22/21 Q1015=
SPECI SBMT 162330Z 18005KT 6000 -RA BKN011 BKN100 22/21 Q1016 RERA=
METAR SBMT 170000Z 14005KT 9999 BKN013 22/21 Q1016 RERA=

SPECI SBJD 162220Z 08003KT 030V140 5000 -RA BR SCT010 FEW040TCU OVC080 22/22 Q1015 RERA=
METAR SBJD 162300Z 15008KT 7000 -RA FEW010 SCT080 23/22 Q1015=
METAR SBJD 170000Z 10003KT 040V130 4000 -RA BR BKN010 BKN080 22/22 Q1016=

https://www.terra.com.br/noticias/brasil/cidades/piloto-e-menina-passaram-a-noite-debaixo-de-guarda-chuva-apos-helicoptero-cair-em-caieiras-sp,61a22a3fb25c531f64eb4bd52a0edc3fxpy5cgng.html
https://www.metropoles.com/sao-paulo/veja-fotos-do-local-do-acidente-com-helicoptero-em-caieiras-sp

Preliminary report: https://dedalo.sti.fab.mil.br/ocorrencia/86344
https://sistemas.anac.gov.br/aeronaves/cons_rab_resposta.asp?textMarca=PRWVT
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https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/761317_1680657804.jpg (photo)

Ex N87KH, N454AE, (N454LH), N454AE

Photo: Defesa Civil

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Jan-2025 13:54	gerard57	Added
17-Jan-2025 14:10	gerard57	Updated [Narrative, ]
17-Jan-2025 15:16	Aerossurance	Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, Narrative, ]
17-Jan-2025 15:19	Aerossurance	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ]
17-Jan-2025 16:43	Aerossurance	Updated [Time, Narrative, ]
17-Jan-2025 17:23	ASN	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative, Photo, ]
17-Jan-2025 17:28	ASN	Updated [Photo, ]
17-Jan-2025 22:36	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative, ]
24-Jan-2025 18:14	lokarutlot	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ]
24-Jan-2025 18:15	ASN	Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ]