# NTSB ERA15WA108: Cessna A188B, Baixa Grande do Ribeiro, Brazil, January 14, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 14, 2015, 10:50 local (10:50 UTC)
- Place: Baixa Grande do Ribeiro, Brazil
- Coordinates: -8.198611, -45.231666 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-8.1986&lon=-45.2317&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- NTSB case key (mKey): 90621
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA15WA108
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90621/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15WA108

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: 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 January 14, 2015, about 1050 universal coordinated time, a Cessna A188B, Brazilian registration PT-FFH, was substantially damaged when it collided with a utility pole during an aerial application flight near Baixa Grande do Ribeiro, Brazil. The foreign certificated pilot was fatally injured. The local aerial application flight departed a nearby farm and was operated under Brazilian flight regulations. This investigation is under jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center Investigation Division 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: PT-FFH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Globo Aviacao Agricola Ltda
- Registered owner: Unknown
- Departed: Baixa Grande do Ribeiro
- Destination: Baixa Grande do Ribeiro
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal

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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