# NTSB ERA17WA159: Cessna 172, Cassilandia, Brazil, April 14, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 14, 2017, 20:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Cassilandia, Brazil
- Coordinates: -19.143611, -51.685832 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-19.1436&lon=-51.6858&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95029
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA159
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95029/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA159

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On April 14, 2017, about 2045 coordinated universal time, a privately owned and operated Cessna 172N, Brazilian registration PR-LPW, was substantially damaged after it struck a tree about 400 meters from the threshold of runway 13 at the Aeroporto de Cassilndia, Moto Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured.The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. Further information can be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center Investigation Division SHIS-QI 05-VI COMAR Brasilia-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Tel: (55-61) 3364-8812 Email: dac.saai@cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-LPW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT 172 (N)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17273506
- Engines: Lycoming O-320-H2AD 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Flavio Borges Rodrigues
- Registered owner: Flavio Borges Rodrigues
- Departed: SSCL, Cassilandia
- Destination: SSCL, Cassilandia
- Airport: SSCL, Aeroporto de Cassilândia
- Equipment: Electronic primary flight display

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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