Agusta/Westland A109S PR-IPO

Summary

On 30 April 2008 at about 22:59 local time, a Agusta/Westland A109S registered PR-IPO, operated by Cosan S/A Indústria E Comércio, was involved in an accident near Paraty, Brazil. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 April 2008 at 22:59

Classification

Accident

Location

Paraty, Brazil

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Agusta/Westland A109S

Registration

PR-IPO

Category

Helicopter

Operator

Cosan S/A Indústria E Comércio

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Paraty → Rio de Janeiro

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

DCA08WA061

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On April 30, 2008, at approximately 22:59 UTC, an Agusta Westland A109S helicopter, Brazilian registration PR-IPO, crashed after departure from the Parati/Condomínio Laranjeiras heliport, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. There were 2 fatalities. The Brazil CENIPA has requested assistance from the US manufacturers of electronic components in the helicopter to download non-volatile memory information.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.