# NTSB DFW05WA243: Cessna 525, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 16, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 16, 2005, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Dallas, Texas
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62495
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DFW05WA243
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62495/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05WA243

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-WLX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 525
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Unknown, doing business as Unknown
- Departed: Rio de Janeiro
- Destination: Jacarepagua
- Flight plan: IFR

## 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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