# NTSB ERA17WA199: Piper PA34, Coxim Municipality, Brazil, May 28, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 28, 2017, 15:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place: Coxim Municipality, Brazil
- Coordinates: -18.370555, -54.886112 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-18.3706&lon=-54.8861&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: 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): 95323
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA199
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95323/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA199

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: 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 May 28, 2017, about 1540 coordinated universal time, a Piper PA-34-220T, Brazilian registration PT-WPD, was destroyed when it impacted terrain in Coxim Municipality, State of Mato Grosso so Sul, Brazil. The Brazilian pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The flight was en route to Dario Guarita–Araçatuba State Airport (SBAU), Araçatuba, Brazil, approximately 300 miles southeast of the accident site.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 CENIPA-SERIPA IV Av. Braz Leme, nº 3258 Santana - São Paulo/ SP CEP: 02022-901 Telephone: (55-11) 2221-5636 Fax: (55-11) 2221-5637 Website: http://www.cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-WPD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34 (220T)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3449015
- Engines: Continental reciprocating; Continental reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Luis Fernando De Arruda Ramos E Outro
- Registered owner: Luis Fernando De Arruda Ramos E Outro
- Destination: SBAU, Araçatuba

## 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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