# NTSB ERA13WA030: Piper PA25, Juquiá Municipality, Brazil, October 3, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 3, 2012, 11:00 local (11:00 UTC)
- Place: Juquiá Municipality, Brazil
- Coordinates: -24.330278, -47.5825 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-24.3303&lon=-47.5825&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220)
- 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): 85370
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA13WA030
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/85370/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=85370
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13WA030

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 780 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220/sequence.md)
- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: 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)
- [Uncontrolled descent: 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)

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

- Pilot; injuries: fatal

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 31, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=85370. 25 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 25 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40380050&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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