# NTSB ERA15WA131: Cessna A188, Tapes, Brazil, February 7, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 7, 2015, 11:00 local (11:00 UTC)
- Place: Tapes, Brazil
- Coordinates: -30.551389, -51.560276 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-30.5514&lon=-51.5603&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
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 90727
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA15WA131
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90727/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15WA131

## 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 February 7, 2015, about 1100 universal coordinated time, a Cessna A188, Brazilian registration PT-LOA, was destroyed when it struck a high-tension powerline and impacted terrain while maneuvering over a soybean field near Tapes, Brazil. The pilot was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local agricultural aerial application flight that was conducted 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-LOA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT A188
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1880114
- Engines: Continental Motors O-470R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial application, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Centeno Aviacao Agricola Ltda
- Registered owner: Centeno Aviacao Agricola Ltda
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: SSAU, Tapes
- Destination: SSAU, Tapes

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: none

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.