# NTSB ERA18WA029: Cessna A188, Sao Felix do Xingu, Brazil, October 24, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 24, 2017, 12:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place: Sao Felix do Xingu, Brazil
- Coordinates: -5.908611, -53.435832 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-5.9086&lon=-53.4358&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA AVP-100
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96358
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA18WA029
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96358/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18WA029

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: 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

The government of Brazil has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a CESSNA A188 airplane that occurred on October 24, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Brazil's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-RBA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188 (B)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18802811T
- Engines: Continental Motors, Inc. IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Tosin Aero Agricola Ltda
- Registered owner: Moyses Wobeto Tosin Junior
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed: Sao Felix do Xingu
- Destination: Sao Felix do Xingu
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; injuries: fatal; private, commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1; seat: center

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

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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