# NTSB GAA21WA032: Piper PA28, Formiga, Brazil, February 20, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 20, 2021, 21:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Formiga, Brazil
- Coordinates: -20.536633, -45.606647 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-20.5366&lon=-45.6066&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102674
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA21WA032
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102674/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA21WA032

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: 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)

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-NEX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28 (161)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airport: SWVW, Furnas park Airport, runway 02, asphalt

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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