- Date
- October 3, 2012, 11:00 local (11:00 UTC)
- Place
- Juquiá Municipality, Brazil
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- PT-DOXPiper PA25
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 85370
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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 October 03, 2012, at 1100 universal coordinated time, a Piper PA-25-260, Brazilian registration PT-DOX, was destroyed when it impacted the ground and was consumed by fire after colliding with high-tension electric wires. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight was conducting crop-dusting operations in the vicinity of Juquia Municipality, State of Sao Paulo, 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 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-DOX
- Reported as
- Piper PA25 (260)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-5237
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Aero Agrícola Caiçara Ltda
- Registered owner
- Aero Agrícola Caiçara Ltda
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- Juquia Municipa
- Destination
- Juquiá Municipality
- 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 October 31, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 25 KB in all.