- Date
- November 17, 2014, 17:58 local (17:58 UTC)
- Place
- Cidade Gaúcha, State of Paraná, Brazil
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- PR-WIZPiper PA-25-235
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Loss of control in flight
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 90430
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On November 17, 2014, about 1758 universal coordinated time, a Piper PA-25-235, Brazilian registration PR-WIZ, was destroyed when it impacted the ground in a sugar cane field in Cidade Gaúcha, Paraná, Brazil. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight was conducted under Brazilian flight regulations. 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 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
Aircraft
- Registration
- PR-WIZ
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-7656103
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Pelicano Aviação Agrícola Ltda - ME)
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- Cidade Gaúcha, State of Paraná
- Destination
- Cidade Gaúcha, State of Paraná
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- Fatal