# NTSB ERA16WA306: Embraer EMB820, Londrina City, Brazil, July 31, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 31, 2016, 23:57 local (23:57 UTC)
- Place: Londrina City, Brazil
- Coordinates: -23.33361, -51.129444 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-23.3336&lon=-51.1294&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-IFR final approach: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 8 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93927
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16WA306
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93927/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16WA306

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-IFR final approach: 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 July 31, 2016, at 2357 universal coordinated time, an Embraer EMB820C (Piper PA-31-350), Brazilian registration PT-EFQ, was destroyed when it impacted a power line and terrain following a loss of power in the left engine, while on approach to Londrina Airport, Londrina City, State of Paraná, Brazil. The two foreign certificated pilots and six passengers were fatally injured. The flight departed from Marechal Rondon International Airport, Cuiaba, Brazil. 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-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 informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-EFQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB820 (C)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 820030
- Engines: Lycoming TIO-540-J 235 horsepower reciprocating; Lycoming LTIO-540-J 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: SBCY, Cuiba/Marechal
- Destination: SBLO, Londrina City
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: SBLO, Londrina Airport

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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