# NTSB ERA10WA443: Embraer EMB145 LU, Bahia, Brazil, August 25, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 25, 2010, 17:41 local (17:41 UTC)
- Place: Bahia, Brazil
- Coordinates: -14.863611, -40.863056 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-14.8636&lon=-40.8631&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern final: Windshear or thunderstorm](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/390)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 27 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA/ AVP-100, Rolls-Royce Corporation, CENIPA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 77091
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA10WA443
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/77091/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77091
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10WA443

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR pattern final: Windshear or thunderstorm](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/390) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 224 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/390/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 25, 2010, about 1741 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), an Embraer EMB-145 LU, Brazilian registration PR-PSJ, operated by Passaredo Transportes Aereos LTDA, on a commercial flight, was substantially damaged, when it landed short of the runway during a visual approach at Vitoria da Conquista Airport(SBQV), Bahia, Brazil. The 2 pilots, flight attendant, and 24 passengers were uninjured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight which originated at Guarulhos (SBGR), Sao Paulo, Brazil. 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: PR-PSJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB145 LU
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 145351
- Engines: Rolls-Royce AE3007 7580 lbs thrust turbo fan; Rolls-Royce AE3007 7580 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: PassaredoTransportes Aereos LTDA
- Registered owner: PassaredoTransportes Aereos LTDA
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SBGR, Guarulhos
- Destination: SBQV, Bahia
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: SBQV, Vitoria da Conquista, runway 15, 5,577 ×  ft

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: none; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.14 inHg
- Observed at: SBQV

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 8, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77091. 12 KB in all.

- Statement of Jurisdiction (item 1, .PDF, 12 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40335900&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Statement%20of%20Jurisdiction-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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