# NTSB ERA17WA085: Beech 58, Tabatinga, Brazil, December 23, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 23, 2016, 18:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Tabatinga, Brazil
- Coordinates: -4.340833, -69.936111 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-4.3408&lon=-69.9361&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal, 1 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94598
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA085
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94598/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA085

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On December 23, 2016, about 1830 universal coordinated time, a Beech 58, Brazilian registration PT-ICU, was destroyed when it impacted wooded terrain while on approach to Tabatinga International Airport (SBTT), Tabatinga, State of Amazonas, Brazil. The two foreign certificated pilots and one passenger received fatal injuries, and one passenger sustained minor injuries. The flight departed Tefe Airport (SBTF), State of Amazonas, Brazil; destined for SBTT.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-ICU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH-174
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SBTF, Tefe
- Destination: SBTT, Tabatinga
- Airport: SBTT, Tabatinga

## 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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