# NTSB ERA09WA223: Beech A36, Querencia, Brazil, March 8, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 8, 2009, 20:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Querencia, Brazil
- Coordinates: -16.673334, -49.258056 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-16.6733&lon=-49.2581&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73578
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA09WA223
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73578/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09WA223

## Probable cause

None

## Findings

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

- [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Other authority investigated (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Analysis

None

## Factual narrative

On March 9, 2009, about 2030 coordinated universal time, a Beech A36, Brazilian registration PT-LKH, was destroyed when it impacted terrain near Querencia, Brazil. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight was conducted under Brazilian flight regulations. According to preliminary information provided by the Brazilian government, the pilot departed on a visual flight from Aragarcas, Brazil, destined for Fazenda Felicidade, Brazil. The pilot encountered weather while enroute, and the airplane impacted terrain some time thereafter. This investigation is under jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. For further information contact: Areonautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center SHIS - QI 05 - VI COMAR Brasilía-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Tel: +55 61 3364 8800 Fax: +55 61 3365 1004 dipaa@cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes only and only contains information released by, or obtained from, the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-LKH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E1869
- Engines: Continental IO-550 285 hp reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Percival Santos Muniz
- Registered owner: Percival Santos Muniz
- Departed: SJVO, Aragarcas
- Destination: SWEW, Fazenda Felicid
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; medical: unknown

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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