- Date
- February 22, 2018, 13:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Manaus City, Brazil
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- PT-VKRNeiva EMB-720D
- Defining event
- Emergency descent: Loss of control in flight
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 96795
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Loss of control in flightAll aircraft: 5,002 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Brazil has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a NEIVA EMB-720D airplane that occurred on February 22, 2018. 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
- PT-VKR
- Reported as
- Neiva EMB-720D (D)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 720254
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Jose Ideilton De Souza
- Registered owner
- Jose Ideilton De Souza
- Airport
- SWFN