# NTSB ERA12WA577: Cessna 172R, Macapá, Brazil, September 9, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 9, 2012, 21:12 local (21:12 UTC)
- Place: Macapá, Brazil
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 85142
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA12WA577
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/85142/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=85142
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12WA577

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: 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 September 12, 2012, about 2112 universal coordinated time, a Cessna 172R, Brazilian registration PT-WYK, was destroyed when it collided with terrain under unknown circumstances near Macapa ´, Brazil. The non-certificated pilot was fatally injured. The flight departed from Curiau Airport, Macapa ´, Brazil at an unknown time, and was conducted under Brazilian flight regulations. 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 SHIS – QI 05-VI Comar Brasília-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Telephone: (55-61) 3364-8838 Fax: (55-61) 3365-1004 dac.saai@cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-WYK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17280493
- Engines: Lycoming IO-360 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Transportes Caliman Ltda
- Registered owner: Transportes Caliman Ltda
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SJKI, Macapá

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 2, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=85142. 102 KB in all.

- Foreign Investigation Statement (item 1, .PDF, 102 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40377986&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Foreign%20Investigation%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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