# NTSB ERA15WA137: Cessna 182P, Bueno Brandao, Brazil, February 19, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 19, 2015, 13:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place: Bueno Brandao, Brazil
- Coordinates: -22.43, -46.289443 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-22.4300&lon=-46.2894&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: 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): 90787
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA15WA137
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90787/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15WA137

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On February 19, 2015, about 1340 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a Cessna 182P, Brazilian registration PT-KBV, was destroyed when it broke up inflight and impacted terrain near the Bueno Brandao Municipality, in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The pilot, copilot, and 2 passengers were fatally injured. The personal flight departed from Parati (SDTK), Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and was destined for Dr. Leite Lopes- Ribeirão Preto (SBRP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. This investigation is under the 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-KBV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT 182P
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18263144
- Engines: Continental Motors Inc. O-470 Series reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Capin Com.Agric.Pecuaria Indust.Ltda
- Registered owner: Capin Com.Agric.Pecuaria Indust.Ltda
- Departed: SDTK, Parati
- Destination: SBRP, Ribeirao Preto

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal
- Co-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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