# NTSB ENG17RA040: ATR ATR72, Guarulhos, Brazil, March 21, 2017

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 21, 2017
- Place: Guarulhos, Brazil
- Coordinates: -23.435556, -46.473056 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-23.4356&lon=-46.4731&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96238
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG17RA040
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96238/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG17RA040

## Factual narrative

The Centro de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronáuticos (CENIPA) of Brazil has notified the NTSB of an incident involving an Aerospatiale and Alenia ATR-72-212A, which occurred on March 21, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the CENIPA investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture of a component of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the CENIPA.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach: Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: PP-PTQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ATR ATR72 (212A)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 874
- Engines: turbo prop; turbo prop
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operator: Passaredo Transportes Aereos S.A.
- Departed: SBRP, Ribeirão Preto
- Destination: SBGR, Guarulhos
- Airport: GRU, Guarulhos International Airprt, runway 09R, 9,850 × 148 ft, macadam
- Equipment: Data recorder

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

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