# NTSB ERA16WA207: Piper PA-28-160, Corumbaiba, Brazil, May 29, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 29, 2016, 16:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Corumbaiba, Brazil
- Coordinates: -18.126943, -48.571388 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-18.1269&lon=-48.5714&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93339
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16WA207
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93339/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16WA207

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: 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)

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-CFE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT PA-28-160
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-1039
- Year built: 1964
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial observation, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: Corumbaiba
- Destination: Corumbaiba
- Equipment: Unknown

## Weather



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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