# NTSB ERA11WA520: Beech D35, Avare, Brazil, September 29, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 29, 2011, 18:24 local (18:24 UTC)
- Place: Avare, Brazil
- Coordinates: -2.591944, -54.742221 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-2.5919&lon=-54.7422&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 82121
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA11WA520
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/82121/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=82121
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11WA520

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On September 29, 2011, about 1824 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a Beech D35, Brazilian registration PT-AVK, operated by a private owner, was destroyed following a collision with terrain at Santarém Municipality, State of Pará, Brazil. The local flight originated in Santarém. The pilot and one passenger were killed. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Brazil. Further information can be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center Investigation Division SHIS – QI 05 – VI Comar, Brasilia-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Tel (55-61) 3364-8838, Fax (55-61) 3365-1004 dac.saai@cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-AVK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D35 (NO SERIES)
- Serial number: D-3437
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Raimundo A Pereira
- Registered owner: Raimundo A Pereira
- Departed: SBSN, Santarem
- Destination: SBSN, Santarem
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 27, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=82121. 33 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 33 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40356513&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Foreign%20Accident%20Statement-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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