# NTSB ERA12WA223: Cessna 188, Querencia do Norte, Brazil, March 2, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: March 2, 2012, 13:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place: Querencia do Norte, Brazil
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 83119
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA12WA223
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/83119/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83119
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12WA223

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 780 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On March 02, 2012, about 1350 universal coordinated time, a Cessna 188B, Brazilian registration PR-STO, was substantially damaged when it collided with power lines during a crop dusting flight, near Querencia do Norte, Brazil. The foreign certificated pilot was fatally injured. The local flight departed from a landing area in Querencia do Norte, Brazil, at an unknown time. 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 Investigation and Prevention Center CENIPA Brazilia, Brazil 71.615-600 Tel: +55 51 3466-5588 / + 55 51 9269-1489 Fax: 55 51 3466-0180 E-mail: chefia@seripa5.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-STO (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188 (B)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18800859
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO520 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Ceal Aviacao Agricola Ltda
- Registered owner: Ceal Aviacao Agricola Ltda
- Departed: Querencia Norte
- Destination: Querencia do Norte

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; seat: single

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 23, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83119. 26 KB in all.

- Foreign accident statement (item 1, .PDF, 26 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40364776&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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