# NTSB ERA10WA416: Embraer EMB-720, Fazenida Liberdade, Brazil, Brazil, November 23, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 23, 2009, 14:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place: Fazenida Liberdade, Brazil, Brazil
- Coordinates: -16.348611, -56.210277
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-16.3486&lon=-56.2103&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA Miami International Field Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 76934
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA10WA416
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/76934/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76934
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10WA416

## Findings

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

- [Object/animal/substance: fence/fence post](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 313 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On November 23 18, 2009, about 1440 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), an Embraer EMB-720D, Brazilian registration PT-VIF, operated by W.P.Comercio De Cereais LTDA, collided with a fence as a result of a force landing from a loss of engine power during cruise flight in the vicinity of “Baia Do Cavalos” ranch, Fazenda Liberdade, Brazil. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The pilot and two passengers were not injured, and the airplane incurred substantial damage. The flight originated from the Rondonopolis Airport, Rondonopolis ,Brazil at an undermined time. This investigation is under jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. This report is for informational purposes only and contains information released by the Government of Brazil. For further information contact: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center SHIS – QI 05 – VI COMAR Brazil-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Tel: +55 61 3364 8800 Fax: +55 61 3365 1004 dipaa@cenipa.aer.mil.br

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-VIF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-720 (D)
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: W.P. Comercio de Cereais LTDA
- Registered owner: W.P. Comercio de Cereais LTDA
- Departed: SWRD
- Destination: SWLI
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.12 inHg
- Observed at: SBCY

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 24, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76934. 11 KB in all.

- Miscellaneous: Investigative Agency Information. (item 1, .PDF, 11 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40335340&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Miscellaneous%3A%20Investigative%20Agency%20Information.-Master.PDF

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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