Accident Overview
On 31 July 2024, a Bell Helicopter Textron 206B, registered as TG-MIC, was involved in an accident at Finca Las Marias, in the municipality of Escuintla, Escuintla department, Guatemala. The aircraft was operated under unknown circumstances. The accident was investigated by the Unidad de Investigación de Accidentes (UIA) of the Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC) of Guatemala.
Investigation Report
The final report of the investigation, designated UIA-A-11-2024, was published on 16 February 2026. According to the report’s introduction, the investigation was conducted in accordance with Annex 13 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, with the sole objective of preventing future accidents and incidents, not to assign blame or legal liability. The report includes sections on factual information, analysis, conclusions, and operational safety recommendations. The factual information chapter covers flight history, impact location, personnel information, aircraft information, meteorological conditions, navigation aids, communications, flight recorders, wreckage and impact information, medical and pathological information, fire, survival aspects, tests and research, organizational and management information, additional information, and useful investigation techniques.
Probable Cause
The probable cause of the accident was not specified in the provided excerpt of the final report.
Recommendations
The report includes three operational safety recommendations (RSO 01-A-11-2024, RSO 02-A-11-2024, and RSO 03-A-11-2024), the details of which are not available in the excerpt.