# NTSB ERA17WA059: Embraer EMB710, Novo Progresso, Brazil, November 24, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 24, 2016, 20:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place: Novo Progresso, Brazil
- Coordinates: -7.040555, -55.4025 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-7.0406&lon=-55.4025&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal, 3 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94437
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA059
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94437/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA059

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 804 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On November 24, 2016, about 2040 universal coordinated time, an Embraer EMB-710C, Brazilian registration PT-NCJ, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain on approach to an unregistered landing strip in a quarry near Novo Progresso, State of Para, Brazil. The foreign certificated pilot and three passengers were fatally injured, and three passengers were seriously injured. The flight departed another unregistered strip in a mining area near Itaituba, State of Para, 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-NCJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB710 (C)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 710038
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Adao Pavoni Rodrigues
- Registered owner: Adao Pavoni Rodrigues
- Departed: Itaituba
- Destination: Novo Progresso

## 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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