# NTSB ERA14WA114: Cessna 140, Cachoeira do Sul, Brazil, January 29, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 29, 2014, 13:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place: Cachoeira do Sul, Brazil
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88770
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA14WA114
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88770/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88770
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14WA114

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 994 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md)
- [Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240); cases with it: [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: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On January 29, 2014, about 1340 universal coordinated time, a Cessna 140, Brazilian registration PP-DFW, was substantially damaged during impact with terrain, following a loss of control on approach to Cachoeira do Sul Airport (SSKS), Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The flight instructor and student pilot were fatally injured. The local training flight had also originated from SSKS. According to information released by the Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center (CENIPA) of Brazil, the airplane was on approach and joining a downwind leg of the airport traffic pattern at SSKS. The flight instructor then reported a loss of elevator control, which was followed by an uncontrolled descent to the ground. This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of CENIPA. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center Investigation Division CENIPA SHIS - QI 05-VI Comar Brasilia-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Telephone: (55-61) 3364-8800 Fax: (55-61) 3365-1004 dipaa.spai@cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PP-DFW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 10191
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Aero Agricola Santos Dumont Ltda
- Registered owner: Aero Agricola Santos Dumont Ltda
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: SSKS, Cachoeira do Sul
- Destination: SSKS, Cachoeira do Sul
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: SSKS, Cachoeira do Sul

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; medical: unknown

## Weather



## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 4, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88770. 11 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 11 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40410413&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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