- Date
- January 14, 2012, 10:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- PR-RGFBeech A36
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 82753
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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 January 14, 2012, about 1000 universal coordinated time, a Beech A36, Brazilian registration PR-RGF, was destroyed when it impacted terrain, following a loss of control during cruise flight into deteriorating weather near Mato Grosso, Brazil. The non-certificated foreign pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. The flight departed Pontes E Lacerda Airport (SWLE), Pontes E Lacerda, Brazil; destined for Aeroporto Caceres (SWKC), Caceres, Brazil. 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
- PR-RGF
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E3278
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Antonio Carlos Lopes do Amaral
- Registered owner
- Antonio Carlos Lopes do Amaral
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SWLE · Pontes e Lacerd
- Destination
- SWKC · Caceres
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 31, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 12 KB in all.