# NTSB ERA11WA310: Piper PA-34-200, Sao Pedro, Brazil, May 16, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 16, 2011, 01:30 local (01:30 UTC)
- Place: Sao Pedro, Brazil
- Coordinates: -22.428888, -47.886665
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-22.4289&lon=-47.8867&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 79206
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA11WA310
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/79206/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=79206
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11WA310

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On May 16, 2011, about 0130 universal coordinated time, a Piper PA-34-200, Brazilian registration PT-IFS, was destroyed when it impacted hilly terrain under unknown circumstances near Sao Pedro, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Brazilian certificated pilot and three passengers were fatally injured. The local training flight departed Piracicaba Airport (SPDW), Piracicaba, Brazil about 2300 UTC. This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center (CENIPA) of Brazil. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center Investigation Division CENIPA SHIS - QI 05-VI Comar Brasilia-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Telephone: (55-61) 3364-8800 Fax: (55-61) 3365-1004 dipaa.spai@cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-IFS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34-7250236
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Aeroclube de Piracicaba
- Registered owner: Aeroclube de Piracicaba
- Departed: Piracicaba
- Destination: Piracicaba
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 10, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=79206. 136 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statment (item 1, .PDF, 136 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40348737&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Foreign%20Accident%20Statment-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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