DCA26WA132

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 737 · Sao Paulo, Brazil · February 8, 2026

IncidentClass 5 · Foreign
Date
February 8, 2026, 13:18 local (16:18 UTC)
Place
Sao Paulo, Brazil · destination airport coords
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
PR-GGMBoeing 737N852GTBoeing 747
Defining event
Approach: Air traffic event
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Parties
FAA/AVP110
Case key
202492

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Boeing 737

Aircraft · 2

Registration
PR-GGM
Reported as
Boeing 737 (8EH)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
36149
Damage
No damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Gol Linhas AéReas S.A.
Registered owner
Gol Linhas AéReas S.A.
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Departed
SBVT · Vitoria, OF
Destination
Same as departure
Registration
N852GT
Reported as
Boeing 747 (87UF)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
37571
Built
2012
Engines
GE GENX-2B67B, 67,400 lbs thrust, turbo fanGE GENX-2B67B, 67,400 lbs thrust, turbo fanGE GENX-2B67B, 67,400 lbs thrust, turbo fanGE GENX-2B67B, 67,400 lbs thrust, turbo fan
Damage
No damage
Flight
Part 121
Operator
Atlas Air Cargo
Registered owner
Atlas Air Cargo
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Departed
KMIA · Miami, FL
Destination
Same as departure

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.