# NTSB ERA09WA406: Piper PA-34-200T, Imperatrize, Maranhao, Brazil, July 3, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 3, 2009, 21:46 local (21:46 UTC)
- Place: Imperatrize, Maranhao, Brazil
- Coordinates: -5.531388, -47.459999 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-5.5314&lon=-47.4600&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA Miami IFO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 74300
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA09WA406
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74300/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09WA406

## 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.

- [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,824 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On July 3, 2009, at 2146 UTC, a Piper PA-34-200T, PT-RFU, registered to and operated by Heringer Taxi Aereo LTD, as a cargo flight,lost engine power on one engine after takeoff from Imperatriz, Maranhao Airport, Brazil. The pilot attempted to return to the departure airport and made a forced landing short of runway 25. The airplane received substantial damage. The airline transport pilot and one passenger received serious injuries. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. For further information contact: Areonautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center SHIS - QI 05 - VI COMAR Brasilia -DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Tel: 55 61 3364 8800 Fax: 53 61 3365 1004 dipaa@cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes only and contains information released by or obtained from the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-RFU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 810383
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operator: Heringer Taxi Aereo LTDA
- Registered owner: Heringer Taxi Aereo LTDA
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: Imperatrize, Maranhao
- Destination: SBBE, Belem Para
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: serious; airline transport; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 2 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 29.85 inHg
- Observed at: SBIZ

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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