# NTSB ERA20WA173: Piper PA25, Matoes do Norte, Brazil, April 18, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 18, 2020, 13:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place: Matoes do Norte, Brazil
- Coordinates: -3.893055, -44.485553 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-3.8931&lon=-44.4856&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 101251
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA20WA173
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101251/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20WA173

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Brazil has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a PIPER PA25 airplane that occurred on April 18, 2020. 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-DTY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25 (260)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25-4509
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Aerobras Aviacao Eireli
- Registered owner: Aerobras Aviacao Eireli
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: Matoes do Norte
- Destination: Matoes do Norte
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: Private Airstrip
- Equipment: Unknown

## 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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