# NTSB ERA17WA179: Piper PA30, Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 28, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 28, 2017, 19:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Coordinates: -22.398889, -46.833332
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-22.3989&lon=-46.8333&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- 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): 95154
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA179
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95154/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA179

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: 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 April 28, 2017, about 1930 coordinated universal time, a Piper PA30, Brazilian registration PT-CHT, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain during an instructional flight near Sao Paulo, Brazil. The pilot and copilot were fatally injured. The flight departed Amaris, Brazil, and was conducted under Brazilian flight regulations.The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center 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 only contains information released by the Brazilian Government.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-CHT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 30907
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Instructional, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Aeroclube De Campinas
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: Amarais
- Destination: Amarais

## 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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