ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170541
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| Date: | Friday 17 October 2014 |
| Time: | 17:45 LT |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | PT-LNA |
| MSN: | 4271 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Juatuba, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Carlos Prates Airport, Belo Horizonte (SBPR) |
| Divinopolis (SNDV) | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A small model helicopter Robinson R22 Beta, crashed in the municipality of Juatuba, Minas Gerais. The two people who were on board were injured. The pilot suffered abrasions and passenger broke a leg and an arm. The annual maintenance inspection was unsuccessful. According to a rough translation into English of a contemporary press report (see link #5 for the original Brazilian text):
"HELICOPTER WITH TWO ON BOARD NEXT CRASHED AT THE JUSTUBA, IN GREAT BELO HORIZONTE
A helicopter crashed on the afternoon of Friday (17) in an area close to Juatuba, in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte. The city is the same where, last week, a single-engine made forced landing. Two people were on board the aircraft. According to the first information, one would have been hurt.
According to the Air Force Command, the aircraft is a model helicopter Robinson 22, PT-LNA registration. It said he left the Carlos Prates Airport, in the capital and headed for Divinópolis, in the state of the Midwest Region.
Still according to the Air Force Command, around 17:45, the pilot made contact with the Belo Horizonte control tower, reporting on the crash. He would have said that the emergency landing went well and that the other occupant of the aircraft, a passenger was injured.
At 18:20, the fire department flew over the area to try to locate the helicopter and make the rescue. The Third Regional Research Service and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (Seripa III) will investigate the accident."
Note: According to Radio 94FM the helicopter pilot Geraldinho Mourao had no injuries but the health of the crew Vinicius Goncalves was not known.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.sistemampa.com.br/noticias/imagens-do-resgate-de-geraldinho-e-vinicius-apos-a-queda-do-helicoptero/
2. http://g1.globo.com/minas-gerais/noticia/2014/10/helicoptero-com-dois-bordo-cai-proximo-juatuba-na-grande-bh.html
3. https://www.sistemampa.com.br/noticias/cidade/mais-detalhes-do-acidente-com-helicoptero-de-divinopolis-vitimas-ja-foram-resgatadas/
4. https://www.helis.com/database/cn/39844/
5. https://ifronline.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/helicoptero-com-dois-bordo-cai-proximo.html
6. http://www.aerofatos.com.br/2014/10/de-novo-em-juatuba.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Oct-2014 13:10 | cleberjc | Added |
| 22-Oct-2014 07:34 | junior sjc | Updated [Cn, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Oct-2014 18:45 | Chieftain | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 24-Oct-2014 12:21 | cleberjc | Updated [Nature, Source] |
| 17-Oct-2016 19:44 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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