# NTSB ERA09WA206: Beech V35, Valenca, Brazil, December 30, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 30, 2008, 12:40 local (12:40 UTC)
- Place: Valenca, Brazil
- Coordinates: -22.356945, -43.750278 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-22.3569&lon=-43.7503&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA/International Field Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73532
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA09WA206
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73532/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09WA206

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md)
- [Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On December 30, 2008, about 1240 UTC, or 1040 local, a Beech V35B, Brazilian registration PT-JKU, registered to and operated by Unibase Engenharia e Pavimentacao Ltda, collided with mountainous terrain near Valenca, RJ, Brazil. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the area at the time and a visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan was filed for the non-U.S. non-commercial flight from Bartolomeu Lisandro Airport (SBCP), Campos Dos Goit, Brazil, to Jacarepagua Airport (SBJR), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. The airplane was destroyed and the private certificated pilot and two passengers were killed. The flight originated from SBCP about 1140 UTC, or 0940 local. The non-instrument rated private pilot was flying visual corridor “F”, inside the Rio de Janeiro Terminal Maneuvering Area (TMA), and the airplane collided with mountains. The National Transportation Safety Board was notified of the accident on March 23, 2009. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention And Investigation Center (CENIPA) Information Technology Division SHIS-QI 05-VI Comar Brasilia-DF, Brazil, 71.615.600 Phone: 55 61 3364 8819 Facsimile: 55 61 3365 1004 E-mail: dti@cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes only, and contains information released by or obtained for the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-JKU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35 (B)
- Serial number: D-9612
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Unibase Engenharia e Pavimentacao Ltda
- Registered owner: Unibase Engenharia e Pavimentacao Ltda
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SBCP, Campos Dos Goit
- Destination: SBJR, Jacarepagua
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 29.92 inHg
- Observed at: SBJR

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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