| Date: | Monday 26 November 2018 |
| Time: | 06:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 525 Citation M2 |
| Owner/operator: | ARG Ltda. |
| Registration: | PP-OEG |
| MSN: | 525-0849 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2014 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Jequitaí-Fazenda Fortaleza de Santa Terezinha Airport, MG -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Belo Horizonte/Pampulha - Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport, MG (PLU/SBBH) |
| Jequitaí-Fazenda Fortaleza de Santa Terezinha Airport, MG (SNJI) | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Citation M2 jet, registration PP-OEG, was performing an approach to land at a farm airstrip near Jequitaí, Brazil when it hit a metallic irrigation pivot. The pilot attempted to execute a go-around but the aircraft crashed in an area of vegetation adjacent to the airfield.
All occupants suffered fatal injuries.
The farm has a single 1200 m long asphalt runway (02/20). On the day of the occurrence, the irrigation pivot had been positioned close to the runway, with its end 110 meters from the threshold of runway 20. The average height of the pivot was 4m; the cable mooring structure (fork) was 3m high, making a total of 7m.
The PIC always made prior contact with the farm administrator, the previous day, asking for confirmation of the pivot's position and its repositioning, if it was in the vicinity of the sector approach runway. There was no such contact before the accident flight.
Contributing factors.
- Airport infrastructure a contributor.
It was found that the irrigation pivot, at the point where the collision took place, was impairing the gauge of the approach surface as described in Ordinance 957/GC3, of 09JUL2015, which provided for restrictions on objects projected into the airspace that could adversely affect the safety or regularity of air operations.
- Piloting judgment a contributor.
The final approach was carried out below the ideal approach ramp, allowing the collision against the pivot, located in the alignment of the runway.
- Perception undetermined.
It is possible that the PIC, when approaching for the landing, did not notice the irrigation pivot and, therefore, collided with the obstacle.
- Flight planning a contributor.
There was no prior coordination with the farm employees, in a timely manner so that the irrigation pivot could be repositioned to a safe location in relation to the flight trajectory on the final landing approach.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CENIPA
R7.com
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2024 19:46 | ASN | Updated [Departure airport, Accident report] |
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