# NTSB GAA22WA024: Beech C90, Caratinga, Brazil, November 5, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: November 5, 2021, 18:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Caratinga, Brazil · Waterfall below high-tension power lines
- Coordinates: -19.7253, -42.1111 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-19.7253&lon=-42.1111&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- 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): 104211
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA22WA024
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104211/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA024

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-ONJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: LJ-1078
- Year built: 1984
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: PEC Taxi Aereo
- Airport: SNCT, Caratinga Airport

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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