# NTSB ERA13WA074: Piper PA-31T, Curitiba, Brazil, November 6, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 6, 2012, 20:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Curitiba, Brazil
- Coordinates: -25.254999, -49.323612
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-25.2550&lon=-49.3236&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 85723
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA13WA074
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/85723/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=85723
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13WA074

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On November 6, 2012, at 2030 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a Piper PA-31T, Brazilian registration PT-MFW, was destroyed when it impacted terrain while approaching Bacacheri Airport (SBBI), Curitiba, Brazil. The flight was operated by Taxi Aereo Hercules, Ltda., and originated from Dourados Airport (SSDO), Dourados, Brazil. The two pilots and two passengers onboard 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-MFW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31T
- Serial number: 31T-8166067
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Taxi Aero Hercules, Ltd.
- Departed: SSDO, Dourados
- Destination: SBBI, Curitiba
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: SBBI, Bacacheri Airport

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night
- Wind: 80° at 8 knots
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.05 inHg
- Observed at: SBBI

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 7, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=85723. 81 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 81 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40383281&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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