# NTSB ERA12WA159: Beech A36, Mato Grosso, Brazil, January 14, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 14, 2012, 10:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place: Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Coordinates: -16.038888, -57.595832 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-16.0389&lon=-57.5958&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 82753
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA12WA159
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/82753/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=82753
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12WA159

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md)
- [Enroute-cruise: 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 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 31, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=82753. 12 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 12 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40362186&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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