# NTSB ERA16WA205: Piper PA-25-235, Unai, Brazil, May 17, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 17, 2016
- Place: Unai, Brazil
- Coordinates: -16.202222, -46.521389 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-16.2022&lon=-46.5214&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93321
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16WA205
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93321/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16WA205

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: 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 May 17, 2016, about 0830 local time, a Piper PA-25-235, Brazilian registration PR-TAC, was substantially damaged when it impacted the ground while crop dusting near Unaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Brazilian pilot was fatally injured. The local aerial application flight was operating under Brazilian flight regulations. The investigation is under the direction of the government of Brazil. For further information contact: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center Investigation Division SHIS-QI 05-VI COMAR Brasilia-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Tel: (55-61) 3364-8812 Email: dac.saai@cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes, and only contains information released by the government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-TAC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT PA-25-235
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25-2847
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Departed: Unai
- Destination: Unai

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; seat: single

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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