# NTSB GAA25WA048: Piper PA42, Gramado, Brazil, December 22, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: December 22, 2024, 09:13 local (12:13 UTC)
- Place: Gramado, Brazil
- Coordinates: -29.367222, -50.86
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-29.3672&lon=-50.8600&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 10 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 199465
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA25WA048
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199465/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA048

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-NDN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA42 (1000)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 42-5527040
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Destination: SBJD, Jundai, OF
- Airport: SSCN, Canela
- Equipment: Unknown

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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