ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 187379
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 May 2016 |
| Time: | 11:30 UTC |
| Type: |  Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | PR-TAC |
| MSN: | 25-2847 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Farm in Unaí, Minas Gerais -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Cachoeirinha Xing farm, Unaí, MG |
| Cachoeirinha Xing farm, Unaí, MG | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The aircraft took off from a landing area for agricultural use on the farm Cachoeirinha Xingu, in the municipality of Unaí, MG, in order to make an agricultural application flight of a plantation 2.6km away.
During the execution of the flight, on a reversal curve, to start another run, the pilot lost control of the aircraft, which collided with the plantation.
The pilot suffered fatal injuries. The aircraft suffered substantial damage.
Contributing factors.
- Implementation of controls - contributed.
The circumstances under which this occurrence occurred indicate that at a certain point in the execution of the low height reversal turn, the pilot did not act effectively on the aircraft's flight controls, making it possible to exceed the limits of his flight envelope, in relation to the load factor and speed, leading to loss of support during the turn and the collision against the ground.
- Attitude - undetermined.
The pilot's growing bold posture may reflect an overestimation of his own ability to control the operation, leading him to adopt parameters outside the flight limits, which placed him in an irreversible condition.
- Pilot's judgment - undetermined.
Sufficient evidence was identified to infer that the pilot did not adequately evaluate some safety parameters related to the aircraft flight envelope, progressively exceeding the load factor and speed limits in the execution of the reversal turns, favoring the occurrence of loss of support during one of these manoeuvres.
- Perception - undetermined.
It is possible that, depending on the pilot's level of confidence in his operational capacity, a lowering of the situational awareness has occurred, so that the imminent risk of a reversal turn being executed at low height was not considered.
- Little pilot experience - indeterminate.
Little pilot experience in the aircraft, in the type of flight and in the operating circumstances presented, may have contributed to inadequate perception and assessment of the circumstances and flight parameters, leading to poor command application.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/gerais/2016/05/17/interna_gerais,763503/piloto-morre-em-queda-de-aviao-no-noroeste-de-minas.shtml
https://noticias.r7.com/minas-gerais/fotos/piloto-de-29-anos-morre-em-queda-de-aviao-em-minas-17052016?foto=5
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-May-2016 05:16 | Victor Sal | Added |
| 18-May-2016 05:17 | harro | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source] |
| 18-May-2016 10:51 | Ştefan | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2016 05:50 | cleberjc | Updated [Location, Phase] |
| 19-Dec-2020 18:36 | harro | Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Damage, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
| 19-Dec-2020 18:37 | harro | Updated [Destination airport] |
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