# NTSB ERA17WA086: Cessna 172, Tangara da Serra, Brazil, January 5, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 5, 2017, 14:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place: Tangara da Serra, Brazil
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94600
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA086
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94600/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA086

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR pattern final: 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 January 5, 2017, at 1420 universal time coordinated, a Cessna 172S airplane, Brazilian registration PR-GRS, sustained substantial damage when it struck high-tension power-lines while attempting to land at the Tangara da Serra Airport (TGQ), State of Mato Grasso, Brazil. The pilot and a passenger were fatally injured and two passengers were seriously injured. The personal flight originated at the Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport (CAC), Cascavel, Brazil. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Brazilian government. Any further information pertaining to the accident can be obtained from: Centro de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronáuticos — CENIPA SHIS — QI 05 — Área Especial 12 LAGO SUL Brasilia — DF — CEP 71615-600 Brasil Tel.: (55) 61 3364 8800 (only Portuguese - solo Português) (55) 61 99994 9554 (24 hours – Spanish and English / Español e Inglês) E-mail: international.cenipa@fab.mil.br Fax: (55) 61 3365 1004 AFTN: SBBRYLYX Telex: 0611152 CENIPA SBBR Website: http://www.cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes and only information released by the Brazilian Government.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-GRS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172S8815
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Departed: CAC, Cascavel
- Destination: TGQ, Mato Grasso

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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