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| Date: | Saturday 5 July 2003 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-76A |
| Owner/operator: | BHS Táxi Aéreo |
| Registration: | PT-YVM |
| MSN: | 760073 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Offshore |
| Departure airport: | Campos-Sao Tomé heliport (SBFS), RJ |
| MV Toisa Mariner | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Fell into sea attempting to land on the Stolt diving ship Toisa Mariner after the tail rotor hit a mast.
The accident happened about 70 miles off the port of Macae, 115 miles northeast of Rio De Janeiro.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.desastresaereos.net/acidentes_helicopteros_02.htm
https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/95527-s-76-crash-atlantic.html
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=255195
http://sistema.cenipa.aer.mil.br/cenipa/paginas/relatorios/rf/pt/pt_yvm_05_07_03.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2010 13:18 | TB | Added |
| 02-Jan-2011 16:12 | TB | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jan-2011 16:25 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
| 03-Jan-2011 14:38 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 14-Mar-2018 16:28 | Aerossurance | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jun-2020 22:42 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, ] |
| 16-Oct-2025 08:41 | ASN | Updated [Nature, ] |
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