# NTSB ERA12WA353: Embraer EMB712, Morro do Manduba Guaruja, Brazil, April 26, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 26, 2012, 18:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place: Morro do Manduba Guaruja, Brazil
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA/IFO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 83723
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA12WA353
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/83723/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83723
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12WA353

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Other authority investigated (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: 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)
- [Enroute-cruise: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Flight instructor
- Student pilot

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 23, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83723. 12 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 12 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40368653&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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