- Date
- March 6, 2012, 14:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Eliseu Martins, Brazil
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- PT-NKSPiper PA28R
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 83179
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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 March 6, 2012, about 1400 universal coordinated time, a Piper PA-28R-200, Brazilian registration PT-NKS, was destroyed when it impacted terrain, following a loss of control during cruise flight near Eliseu Martins, Brazil. The foreign certificated pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. The flight departed Aueroporto Nossa Senhora de Fatima (SWLE), Belem, Brazil; destined for Bom Jesus do Gurgueia (SNGG), Gurgueia, 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
- PT-NKS
- Reported as
- Piper PA28R (200)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 711127
- Engine
- Lycoming IO360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Gilherme Xavier de Oliveira Neto
- Registered owner
- Gilherme Xavier de Oliveira Neto
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SNNF · Belem
- Destination
- SNGG · Gurgueia
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- Fatal
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 21, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 12 KB in all.