# NTSB GAA26WA150: Piper PA46, Capão da Canoa, Brazil, April 3, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: April 3, 2026, 13:38 local (13:38 UTC)
- Place: Capão da Canoa, Brazil
- Coordinates: -29.758, -50.0173 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-29.7580&lon=-50.0173&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 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): 202754
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA150
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202754/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA150

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: PS-RBK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46 (350P)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4636213
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Destination: SDIO, Itapolis, OF
- Equipment: Unknown

## Weather



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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