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2015 Eurocopter EC155 PP-LLS accident

2 Apr 2015 · Carapicuiba, SP, Brazil

Seripatri Eurocopter EC155 · Main rotor blade came loose during flight

From Helipark, Carapicuiba to an unrecorded destination

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
5 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
1
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
1
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Unknown

Eurocopter EC155

Aircraft type
Eurocopter EC155
Category
Helicopter · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
PP-LLS
Operator
Seripatri
Onboard fatalities
5
Route
From Helipark, CarapicuibaTo not recorded

Approximate · Estimated position: Carapicuíba, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.

From the Wikipedia article

An air accident occurred on 2 April 2015 in the Brazilian city of Carapicuiba. The event involved a helicopter, which fell on a house, killing the four passengers and the pilot. Among the occupants of the helicopter was Thomaz Alckmin, son of the governor of São Paulo, Geraldo Alckmin.

The fatal victims of the accident were Thomaz Alckmin, aged 31, the pilot Carlos Haroldo Isquerdo Gonçalves, aged 53, and the mechanics Paulo Henrique Moraes, aged 42, Erick Martinho, aged 36, and Leandro Souza, aged 34.

On 31 March 2023, the expert of the Institute of Criminalistics (IC), Hélio Rodrigues Ramaciotti, was sentenced to 3 years in prison by the São Paulo courts for false expert testimony and other irregularities in the work of preparing the report on the helicopter crash.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Portuguese Wikipedia article “Acidente do Eurocopter EC155 prefixo PP-LLS em 2015” (revision 72350085, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Portuguese Wikipedia article: Acidente do Eurocopter EC155 prefixo PP-LLS em 2015
Article
Acidente do Eurocopter EC155 prefixo PP-LLS em 2015
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
72350085 · 2026-05-30 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q20052516
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
Record
pt Wikipedia article "Acidente do Eurocopter EC155 prefixo PP-LLS em 2015" (page 4712123, revision 72350085), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
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Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
not stated in the Wikipedia article's infobox or opening paragraph
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Portuguese Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.