# NTSB ERA09WA214: Piper PA31-350, Lorenzo, Brazil, December 27, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 27, 2008, 20:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Lorenzo, Brazil
- Coordinates: -13.386944, -38.905834 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-13.3869&lon=-38.9058&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 8 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: CENIPA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73551
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA09WA214
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73551/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09WA214

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Landing gear system: landing gear brakes system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023240): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Failure (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 92 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023240/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 504 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On March 23, 2009, at 1700 Atlantic standard time, a Piper PA31-350 Chieftain, PT-EHG, sustained minor damage from a landing-gear brake fire after landing at Lorenzo Airport (SNCL), Cairu, Brazil. The pilot and seven passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed Salvador Luis R. Magalhaes Airport (SBSV). According to information released by Centro de Investgação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronauticos (CENIPA), the airplane suffered a brake "failure." The pilot shut down the engines and the airplane departed the left side of the runway. After the airplane came to rest, the left brake assembly ignited, and the pilot extinguished the fire with the airplane's hand-held fire extinguisher. The airplane sustained minor damage in the left brake assembly and in the left main landing gear. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Centro de Investgação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronauticos (CENIPA) Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center SHIS-QI - VI COMAR, BRASILIA-DF, BRAZIL 71.615-600 Tel: 55 81 2129-7538 Fax: 55 81 2129-7277 This report is for informational purposes, and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-EHG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31-350
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 820043
- Engines: Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD 350 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Operator: Addey Taxi Aereo
- Registered owner: Addey Taxi Aereo
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SBSV
- Destination: SNCL
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: SNCL, Lorenzo Airport

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: none; foreign; seat: front

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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