ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 279031
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| Date: | Sunday 5 June 2022 |
| Time: | 16:36 UTC |
| Type: |  Bell 206B-3 JetRanger III |
| Owner/operator: | Companhia Hidro Elétrica do São Francisco |
| Registration: | PP-MCJ |
| MSN: | 4555 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Currais Novos, RN -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Calibration/Inspection |
| Departure airport: | Natal-Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport, RN (NAT/SBSG) |
| Mossoró-Dixsept Rosado Airport, RN (MVF/SBMS) | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Bell 206B-3 JetRanger III crashed while carrying out a routine aerial inspection of transmission lines near Curras Novos, Rio Grande do Norte, when it collided with a 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission line and crashed into a dam, becoming submerged..
All three occupants died in the crash and the helicopter was destroyed.
Sources:
https://g1.globo.com/rn/rio-grande-do-norte/noticia/2022/06/05/helicoptero-da-chesf-cai-no-interior-do-rn-e-tres-pessoas-morrem.ghtml
http://www.tribunadonorte.com.br/noticia/helica-ptero-envolvido-em-acidente-a-da-chesf-tra-s-pessoas-morreram/540094
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/2/57732_1186796467.jpg
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jun-2022 05:44 | gerard57 | Added |
| 06-Jun-2022 05:54 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2022 07:03 | cleberjc | Updated [Time, Nature] |
| 06-Jun-2022 10:04 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2022 11:32 | harro | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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