# NTSB ERA16WA017: Embraer EMB721C, Corumba, Brazil, October 6, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 6, 2015, 12:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Corumba, Brazil
- Coordinates: -18.231111, -55.75111 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-18.2311&lon=-55.7511&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92190
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16WA017
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92190/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16WA017

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: 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 October 6, 2015, about 1200 universal coordinated time, an Embraer EMB721C, Brazilian registration PT-RAM, was substantially damaged when it encountered a wind gust and struck a tree, during takeoff from Guanabara Farm, Corumba, Brazil. The pilot and one passenger were not injured. A second passenger was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that was destined for Estancia Santa Maria (SSKG), Campo Grande, Brazil. The personal flight 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-RAM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB721C
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 721145
- Engines: Lycoming IO-540 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: SSFG, Corumba
- Destination: SSKG, Campo Grande
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: SSFG, Guanabara Farm

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: none; foreign; 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.

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