# NTSB ERA16WA088: Cessna T188, Bom Jesus de Goiás, Brazil, January 7, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 7, 2016, 19:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Bom Jesus de Goiás, Brazil
- Coordinates: -18.215278, -49.800556 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-18.2153&lon=-49.8006&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- 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): 92571
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16WA088
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92571/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16WA088

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On January 7, 2016, about 1900 coordinated universal time, a Cessna T188C, Brazilian registration PR-INS, operated by Blitz Comercio e Representacoes Ltda, was destroyed when it impacted terrain while spraying insecticides on a sugar cane plantation in Bom Jesus de Goias Municipality, State of Goias. The foreign certificated pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The local flight was conducted under Brazilian flight regulations. This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. Any further information pertaining to this may be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center (CENIPA) Investigation DivisionSHIS - 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 information purposes, and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-INS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT T188 (C)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T18803563T
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Blitz Comercio E Representacoes Ltda
- Registered owner: Blitz Comercio E Representacoes Ltda
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown

## 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.

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