- Date
- April 26, 2012, 18:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Morro do Manduba Guaruja, Brazil
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- PT-NUHEmbraer EMB712
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- FAA/IFO
- Case key
- 83723
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
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 April 26, 2012, about 1845 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), an Embraer 712, Brazilian registration PT-NUH, operated by the Aeroclube de Itanhaem, crashed under unknown circumstances in a dense forest area in Morro do Manduba Guaruja Municipality, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The flight instructor and student pilot were fatally injured, and the airplane was destroyed. The flight originated from Soracaba, San Paulo, Brazil, earlier that day. The local authorities located the wreckage after being notified that the pilots failed to radio in their required position report to the air traffic controller. This investigation is under jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. This report is for informational purposes only and contains information released by the Government of Brazil. For further information contact: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center SHIS – QI 05 – VI COMAR Brazil-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Tel: +55 61 3364 8800 Fax: +55 61 3365 1004 dipaa@cenipa.aer.mil.br
Aircraft
- Registration
- PT-NUH
- Reported as
- Embraer EMB712 (NO SERIES)
- Serial number
- 712017
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Aeroclube de Itanhaem
- Registered owner
- Aeroclube de Itanhaem
- Departed
- SDCO · Sorocaba
- Destination
- SDIM · Itanhaem
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Role
- Student pilot
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 23, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 12 KB in all.