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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA32 · Rondonopolis, Brazil · April 2, 2025

Accident · FatalClass 4 · Foreign
Date
April 2, 2025, 07:30 local (11:30 UTC)
Place
Rondonopolis, Brazil
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
PP-PSOPiper PA32
Defining event
Approach: Loss of control in flight
Weather
Day
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency
Other
Case key
199976

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Sequence of events

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Aircraft

Registration
PP-PSO
Reported as
Piper PA32 (301FT)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
3232037
Built
2005
Engine
Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Fire
Unknown
Flight
Non-U.S., non-commercial
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Departed
SWPY
Destination
Same as departure
Airport
SDWC · Agropastori Bom Pastor Aerodrome
Equipment
Unknown

Weather

Conditions
Day
Wind
160° at 5 knots
Visibility
6 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
700 ft broken
Temperature
77 °F, dew point 75 °F
Observed at
SBCY, 92 nm away
METAR
SBCY 021200Z 16005KT 9999 BKN007 OVC020 25/24 Q1014