# NTSB ERA15WA371: Embraer EMB721, Sao Felix do Xingu, Brazil, August 30, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 30, 2015, 18:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Sao Felix do Xingu, Brazil
- Coordinates: -7.368055, -52.370555 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-7.3681&lon=-52.3706&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- 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): 92047
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA15WA371
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92047/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15WA371

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 30, 2015, about 1830 universal coordinated time, an Embraer EMB721, Brazilian registration PT-EPD, was substantially damaged during a forced landing after a loss of engine power near São Félix do Xingu Municipality, State of Pará, Brazil. The certificated pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The flight departed Ourilndia do Norte Airport (SDOW), Ourilndia do Norte, in the state of Pará, Brazil about 1750 with an intended destination of Altamira, in the state of Pará, Brazil. According to investigators, the airplane was performing a cross-country flight, when the engine lost power. A postaccident examination of the engine revealed that cylinder No. 2 exhibited a ruptured rod. 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: (55-21) 3368-3616 / (55-21) 99400-7892 Fax: (55-21) 3368-3616 investiga@seripa1.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-EPD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB721
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 721103
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: SDOW, Ourilandia Do N
- Destination: Altamira

## 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.

---
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.