# NTSB ERA18WA013: Cessna 208, Novo Airao, Brazil, October 17, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 17, 2017, 15:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place: Novo Airao, Brazil
- Coordinates: -2.765, -60.631389 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-2.7650&lon=-60.6314&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Dragged wing/rotor/float/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 4 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96274
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA18WA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96274/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18WA013

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Dragged wing/rotor/float/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 319 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On October 17, 2017, about 1540 universal coordinated time, an amphibious Cessna 208, Brazilian registration PR-MPE, was substantially damaged after it came to rest inverted while attempting to land on a river in Novo Airao county, State of Amazonas, Brazil. The foreign certificated pilot and three passengers received minor injuries and one passenger was fatally injured. The flight was conducted under Brazilian flight regulations and departed from Manaus/Eduardo Gomes International Airport (SBEG), Manaus, Brazil.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 99994 9554 Email: international.cenipa@fab.mil.br Website: http://www.cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes, and only contains information released by the Brazilian Government.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-MPE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20800510
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: SBEG, Manaus
- Destination: Novo Airao
- 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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