# NTSB ERA17WA345: Cessna U206F, Caracarai, Brazil, September 15, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 15, 2017, 13:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place: Caracarai, Brazil
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Continental Motors
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96160
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA345
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96160/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA345

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On September 15, 2017, about 1300 coordinated universal time, a Cessna U206F, Brazilian registration PT-JPW, was substantially damaged after ditching in the Rio Branco river, near Caracaraí, Brazil. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight 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-JPW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT U206F (F)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20602357
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Brabo Taxi Aereo Ltda
- Registered owner: Brabo Taxi Aereo Ltda
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Equipment: Unknown

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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