# NTSB MIA03WA159: Cessna 551, Sorocaba, Brazil, July 23, 2003

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 23, 2003, 11:15 local (11:15 UTC)
- Place: Sorocaba, Brazil
- Coordinates: -23.6, -47.599998
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-23.6000&lon=-47.6000&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Miami International Field Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 57684
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA03WA159
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/57684/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03WA159

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-LME (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 551
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Agua Limpa Transportes Ltda.
- Departed: SBLN, Lins
- Destination: SDCO, Sorocaba
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC)
- Visibility: 2.49 statute miles
- Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.26 inHg
- Observed at: SBSP

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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