# NTSB GAA24WA132: Cessna A188, Lucas Do Rio Verde, Brazil, March 23, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: March 23, 2024, 15:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Lucas Do Rio Verde, Brazil
- Coordinates: -13.1225, -56.084167
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-13.1225&lon=-56.0842&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 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): 194022
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA132
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194022/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA132

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: 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)

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-AGA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188 (B)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

## Weather

- Wind: 100° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 800 ft broken
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Observed at: SBVH, 236 nm away
- METAR: SBVH 231500Z 10009KT 9999 BKN008 BKN020 25/22 Q1015

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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