Scotts-Bell 47 47G-4A YV447A

Summary

On 9 February 2011 at about 13:00 local time, a Scotts-Bell 47 47G-4A registered YV447A, operated by Fumiteca, was involved in an accident near El Tocuyo, Venezuela. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 February 2011 at 13:00

Classification

Accident

Location

El Tocuyo, Venezuela

Coordinates

9.7567, -69.8122

Aircraft

Scotts-Bell 47 47G-4A

Registration

YV447A

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Fumiteca

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Acarigua → Acarigua

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA11WA145

1 person 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 February 9, 2011, about 1300 UTC, a Scotts-Bell 47, Inc., 47G-4A, YV-447A, collided into mountainous terrain near El Tocuyo, Venezuela. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and flight plan information is unknown for the foreign non-U.S. non commercial flight from Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport (SVAC), Acarigua, Venezuela. The helicopter was destroyed by impact and a postcrash fire and the commercial pilot, the sole occupant, was killed. The flight originated from SVAC about 1030 UTC. While en-route for an aerial application flight, the helicopter collided with mountainous terrain for undetermined reasons. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Venezuela. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Officina de Inspectoria Aeronautica Parque Central Torre Este, Piso 34 Apartado de Correos 17587 Caracas, Venezuela Phone: 58-212-201-3828 Fax: 58-212-509-2425 This report is for informational purposes only, and contains only information released by or obtained for the Government of Venezuela.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.