# NTSB ERA13WA205: Cessna 172N, N1009F, Acreúna Municipality, Brazil, September 9, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 9, 2012, 20:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Acreúna Municipality, Brazil
- Coordinates: -17.423055, -50.351943 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-17.4231&lon=-50.3519&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- 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): 86667
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA13WA205
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/86667/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86667
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13WA205

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172N, 45 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=2072434), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)
- [Uncontrolled descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 172N, 134 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2072434), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1009F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1009F-2012-09-13), registration cancelled 2012-09-13, S/N 17272930, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17272930
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial observation, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Pereira Paulo C
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Other investigations on N1009F (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC86LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA145), Jun 4, 1986: Cessna 172 (N1009F), Perkasie, PA, substantial damage

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 23, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86667. 51 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 51 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40391063&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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