# NTSB ERA11WA075: Piper PA-25, Tapurah City, Brazil, November 18, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 18, 2010, 17:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Tapurah City, Brazil
- Coordinates: -12.944722, -56.659999 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-12.9447&lon=-56.6600&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA / International Field Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 77906
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA11WA075
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/77906/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77906
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11WA075

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)
- [Uncontrolled descent: 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 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 22, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77906. 22 KB in all.

- Memorandum of Foreign Investigation (item 1, .PDF, 22 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40340410&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20of%20Foreign%20Investigation-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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