- Date
- November 18, 2010, 17:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tapurah City, Brazil
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- PT-WOPPiper PA-25
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- FAA / International Field Office
- Case key
- 77906
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On November 18, 2010, about 1700 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a Piper PA-25-235, Brazilian registration PT-WOP, operated by Aeroagricola Boa Safra Ltda, lost control and crashed into trees during an agricultural flight at the Marape Farm, Tapurah City, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The pilot was killed, and the airplane was destroyed. The flight originated from the Marape Farm earlier that day at an unspecified 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 Brasilía-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Tel: +55 61 3364 8800 Fax: +55 61 3365 1004 dipaa@cenipa.aer.mil.br
Aircraft
- Registration
- PT-WOP
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25 (235)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 257656058
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Aeroagricola Boa Safra Ltda
- Registered owner
- Aeroagricola Boa Safra Ltda
- Departed
- Tapurah
- Destination
- Tapurah City
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Observed at
- SBCG
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 22, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 22 KB in all.