ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 147502
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 August 2012 |
| Time: | 15:40 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Power Aviation Importação Ltda. |
| Registration: | PR-DMG |
| MSN: | 4737 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Alto do Mundaí, Porto Seguro, Bahia -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Itacimirim, Porto Seguro |
| Alto do Mundaí, Porto Seguro | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A civilian helicopter crashed on Wednesday afternoon (8) in a subdivision in the Alto Mundai region near Porto Seguro.
There were six people on the helicopter, a pilot and five passengers, and no one was injured. The pilot would have lowered the height of the flight because of the strong wind, when it lost stability and fell into the jungle.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://g1.globo.com/bahia/noticia/2012/08/helicoptero-cai-em-porto-seguro-ba-diz-corpo-de-bombeiros.html
http://www.jornalfolhadoestado.com/noticias/3953/helicoptero-com-seis-pessoas-cai-em-matagal
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://canalpiloto.com.br/helicoptero-esquilo-pr-dmg-cai-em-vegetacao-de-porto-seguro-ba/]
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Aug-2012 16:21 | Black Typhoon | Added |
| 30-Aug-2012 12:34 | cleberjc | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code] |
| 26-Sep-2016 20:16 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
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