# NTSB DCA08WA060: Neiva NE-821, Lencois, Bahia, Brazil, March 31, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: March 31, 2008, 07:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place: Lencois, Bahia, Brazil
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 68051
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA08WA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68051/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA08WA060

## Factual narrative

On March 31, 2008, a Neiva NE-821, Brazilian manufactured Piper PA31T/T1040, registration PT-VCI, operated by Abaeté Táxi Aéreo as a domestic cargo flight, crashed on approach to Lencois, Brazil.  There were 2 fatalities and the airplane was destroyed.  The Brazilian CENIPA has contacted NTSB for assistance in reading out the damaged CVR.  Piper Aircraft was notified.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-VCI (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Neiva NE-821
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Abaeté Táxi Aéreo
- Departed: SSSA, Salvador
- Destination: SLBA, Lencois, Bahia
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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