ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 245085
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| Date: | Friday 20 November 2020 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Helicopter Corporation S.A. |
| Registration: | LV-FQN |
| MSN: | 7713 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cabra Corral reservoir, Salta -
 Argentina
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Finca Las Postas Helipad, Salta (HFC) |
| Inversora Rio Juramento airfield, Salta | |
| Investigating agency: | JST |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Ecureuil crashed into a river bed, killing two on board, after a wire-strike with a Tyrolean wires.
One of the occupants was Jorge Brito, former president of Banco Macro.
Conclusions related to factors related to the accident:
- During the flight, including when entering the mountainous area of the Juramento River canyon, navigation was conducted below the minimum safe altitude and at a distance less than the minimum lateral separation for mountainous areas established by current regulations.
- The investigation did not find evidence of aircraft failures or malfunctions, including components or systems that could have been immediate triggering factors for the accident.
- The terrain and the canyon where the flight took place may have hindered the visibility of the cables.
- There was no evidence of any evasive maneuvers being conducted.
- The cutting capacity of the cable cutting system equipped on the helicopter was exceeded by the impacted steel cables.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.eltribuno.com/salta/nota/2020-11-20-17-51-0-las-primeras-fotos-de-accidente-donde-fallecio-jorge-brito
https://www.eltribuno.com/salta/nota/2020-11-20-16-53-0--urgente-cayo-un-helicoptero-en-la-zona-del-cabra-corral
https://www.helis.com/database/cn/55038/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrolean_traverse
Location
Media:
[INFORMACIÓN] Comunicado de prensa - Accidente helicóptero Mat. LV-FQN. https://t.co/Mxsf1mOBED
— Junta de Seguridad en el Transporte (@JSTargentina) November 21, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Nov-2020 21:44 | poxipol | Added |
| 20-Nov-2020 22:21 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 21-Nov-2020 08:25 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Nov-2020 13:09 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 21-Nov-2020 17:36 | Niki | Updated [Location, Embed code] |
| 21-Nov-2020 17:36 | harro | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Category] |
| 24-Nov-2020 20:51 | poxipol | Updated [Phase] |
| 01-Dec-2020 21:36 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 16-Jan-2021 20:24 | poxipol | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2023 13:14 | harro | Updated [[Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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