Date:	Thursday 13 December 2007
Time:	14:36 UCT
Type:	Bell 204B
Owner/operator:	Servicios Aéreos de los Andes SAC
Registration:	OB-1866-P
MSN:	2197
Year of manufacture:	1966
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Nr. Curaray-Loreto, 216 miles NW of Iquitos -   Peru
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Oil exploration camp nr. Curaray-Loreto, Peru
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
On December 18, 2007, at 1436 coordinated universal time, a Bell 204B, OB-1866, was destroyed during initial climb from an oil exploration camp near Curaray-Loreto, Peru, 216 miles northwest of Iquitos, Peru. The pilot, one crewmember, and three passengers were seriously injured.

According to the Comision de Investigacion de Accidentes de Aviacion (CIAA), during initial climb the helicopter started a right turn. Approximately 300 feet above ground level it began to descend and impacted trees and terrain in a nose down attitude.

http://dms.ntsb.gov/aviation/AccidentReports/t2h2lhyrlubyernn0bfns3yn1/F10292011120000.pdf
http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=47197
http://web.archive.org/web/20130702065952/http://www.rotorspot.nl:80/ob.htm
http://www.mtc.gob.pe/portal/transportes/aereo/ciaa/OB-1866-P%20Patrik-enero%202010%20Final.pdf
http://www.bellhelicopter.com/MungoBlobs/802/70/potential.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
23-Jan-2008 00:42	JINX	Added
29-Oct-2011 10:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative]
30-Aug-2014 15:17	Aerossurance	Updated [Registration, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative]
30-Aug-2014 15:17	Aerossurance	Updated [Source]