# NTSB ERA16WA083: Beech C90, Parati, Brazil, January 3, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 3, 2016, 17:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Parati, Brazil
- Coordinates: -23.158611, -44.723888
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-23.1586&lon=-44.7239&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR go-around: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA AVP-100
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92539
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16WA083
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92539/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16WA083

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR go-around: 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 3, 2016, about 1730 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a Beech C90GTi, PP-LMM, registered to Bradesco Leasing S.A., operated by Supermercado Shibata Ltda, experienced controlled flight into mountainous terrain near Parati Airport (SDTK), Parati, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the area at the time of the accident and a visual flight rules flight plan was in affect for the non-U.S., non-commercial personal flight from Campo de Marte Airport (SBMT), Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, to SDTK, that originated about 55 minutes earlier. The airplane was destroyed and the commercial pilot-in-command and co-pilot were fatally injured. The flight proceeded towards the destination airport with an IFR clearance with the intention of picking up a passenger, but cancelled IFR at some point of the flight and then activated a VFR flight plan. While at the destination airport which does not have a published instrument approach procedure, the flightcrew attempted 3 times to land with IFR conditions prevailing (witnesses reported low ceiling and visibility). During a go-around following the third attempt, the airplane crashed in mountainous terrain at about 1,700 feet elevation; the accident site was located about 4 nautical miles and 358 degrees from the destination airport. The 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 (CENIPA) Information Technology Division SHIS-QI 05-VI Comar Brasilia-DF, Brazil, 71.615.600 Phone: 55 61 3364 8819 Facsimile: 55 61 3365 1004 E-mail: dti@cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes only, and contains information released by or obtained for the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PP-LMM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90 (GTI)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: LJ-1866
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney PT6A-135A turbo prop; Pratt & Whitney PT6A-135A turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Supermercado Shibata Ltda
- Registered owner: Bradesco Leasing S.A. Arrendamento Mercantil
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SBMT, Sao Paulo
- Destination: SDTK, Parati
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: SDTK, Parati Airport
- Equipment: Auto-pilot

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown
- Co-pilot; injuries: fatal; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Not reported
- Wind: 140° at 2 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,700 ft broken
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 29.94 inHg
- Observed at: SBGW, 35 nm away

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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