# NTSB ERA16WA095: Air Tractor AT401, Londrina, Brazil, January 20, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 20, 2016, 19:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place: Londrina, Brazil
- Coordinates: -23.214445, -51.185832 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-23.2144&lon=-51.1858&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 6 fatal, 3 serious; on the ground: 6 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92645
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16WA095
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92645/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16WA095

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: 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 January 20, 2016, about 1910 universal coordinated time, an Air Tractor AT401B, Brazilian registration PT-WFX, was destroyed by collision with a motor vehicle and terrain in Londrina Municipality, State of Parana, Brazil. The Brazilian certificated pilot was seriously injured. Six occupants of the motor vehicle were fatally injured, while two occupants were seriously injured. The flight departed Londrina Airport (SSOK), Londrina Municipality, Brazil, and was destined for Sao Paulo, Brazil. According to investigators, the airplane was on a ferry flight and experienced a total loss of engine power immediately after departing runway 10. The airplane turned sharply back towards the airport at low altitude, and struck a vehicle travelling on the highway at the approach end of runway 28. The airplane and the vehicle were each destroyed by impact and post-crash fire. 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 - ÁREA ESPECIAL 12 - VI COMAR - LAGO SUL BRASÍLIA - DF CEP 71.615-600 SERIPA 5 – IIC Max Adolfo Nardes Telephone: +55 61 3364-8812 Fax: (55-21) 3368-3616 investiga@seripa3.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-WFX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT401
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 401B0981
- Engines: Pratt and Whitney R1340 600 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Ferry, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Viagro Vidotti Agro Aerea Ltda.
- Registered owner: Viagro Vidotti Agro Aerea Ltda.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed: SSOK, Londrina
- Destination: SICN, Sao Paulo
- Airport: SSOK, Londrina, runway 10, 2,592 × 59 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: serious

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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