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| Date: | Sunday 19 January 2025 |
| Time: | 17:23 |
| Type: |  Bell 407GXi |
| Owner/operator: | TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc. |
| Registration: | N622LT |
| MSN: | 54943 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2021 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce 250-C47E/4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Paredones, Fundo La Aguada, O'Higgins region -
 Chile
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Llico-Torca Airport (SCLI) |
| Santiago-Chicureo Airport (SCHC) | |
| Investigating agency: | DGAC Chile |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Bell 407 GXI took off from Torca airfield bound for Santiago-Chicureo. It took off on 17:19 (local), and four minutes after the take off crashed in a forest area in Paredones, O'Higgins region, and caught fire.
All three occupants perished an the helicopter was destroyed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Preliminary report from DGAC Chile with images of the crash and explanations (in Spanish):
https://www.dgac.gob.cl/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Informe-30-dias-suceso-2088-25.pdf
https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/region-de-ohiggins/2025/01/19/volaba-de-vichuquen-a-chicureo-confirman-muerte-de-3-ocupantes-de-helicoptero-que-cayo-en-ohiggins.shtml
https://www.meganoticias.cl/nacional/473257-tres-fallecidos-aeronave-completamente-calcinada-helicoptero-capota-paredones-fds01-19-01-2025.html
theclinic.cl
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=622LT
https://www.instagram.com/p/DFBqKXrPeGf/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jan-2025 07:39 | SignorPignolini | Added |
| 20-Jan-2025 07:43 | ASN | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Jan-2025 08:03 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jan-2025 06:59 | battleaxe10 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jan-2025 07:00 | ASN | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jan-2025 08:34 | AnimeBirder | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 20-Feb-2025 06:58 | poxipol | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Mar-2025 15:53 | ASN | Updated [Accident report, ] |
| 12-Apr-2025 16:28 | Justanormalperson | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
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