# NTSB ERA13WA068: Embraer 810D, Chapada dos Guimaraes, Brazil, November 1, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 1, 2012, 19:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place: Chapada dos Guimaraes, Brazil
- Coordinates: -15.064722, -55.249443 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-15.0647&lon=-55.2494&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of visual reference](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/402)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA/AVP-100
- NTSB case key (mKey): 85680
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA13WA068
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/85680/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=85680
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13WA068

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of visual reference](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/402) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 242 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/402/sequence.md)
- [Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On November 1, 2012, at 1950 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), an Embraer Aircraft model EMB-810D (Piper Design PA-34-220T), Brazilian registration PT-VRV, operated by a private owner, was substantially damaged following an encounter with weather and a collision with terrain near Chapada dos Guimaraes, State of Matto Grosso, Brazil. The flight originated in Confresa, Brazil (SJHG) and was destined for Cuiaba, Brazil (SBCY). Two crewmembers and two passengers were fatally injured. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Brazil. Further information can be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center Investigation Division SHIS – QI 05 – VI Comar, Brasilia-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Tel (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-VRV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER 810D
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 810840
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Odir Luiz Zulian
- Registered owner: Odir Luiz Zulian
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SJHG, Confresa
- Destination: SBCY, Cuiaba

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Not reported
- Wind: 90° at 19 knots, gusting 29
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Observed at: SBCY, 62 nm away

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 30, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=85680. 52 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 52 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40382860&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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