Accident Piper PA-42-720 Cheyenne III PP-EPB, Friday 31 March 2017
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Date:Friday 31 March 2017
Time:14:42 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic PAY3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-42-720 Cheyenne III
Owner/operator:Itapara Sport Fishing LTDA-ME
Registration: PP-EPB
MSN: 42-8001035
Year of manufacture:1981
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:1 km from Sorocaba airport, São Paulo -   Brazil
Phase: Approach
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Manaus , Amazonas
Destination airport:Sorocaba, São paulo
Investigating agency: CENIPA
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
A Piper Cheyenne airplane crashed in the urban area of the city of Sorocaba. According to witnesses the pilot executed a around before the accident. Two people on board died.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: CENIPA
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/sorocaba-jundiai/noticia/aeronave-cai-na-zona-norte-de-sorocaba.ghtml
https://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/sorocaba-jundiai/noticia/aviao-cai-na-zona-norte-de-sorocaba-fotos.ghtml
http://www.jornalcruzeiro.com.br/materia/776178
http://www.acritica.com/channels/manaus/news/aviao-sai-de-manaus-cai-em-sorocaba-e-mata-duas-pessoas
http://rzjets.net/aircraft/?page=3&typeid=365

Media:

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Mar-2017 21:16 cleberjc Added
31-Mar-2017 21:19 Anon. Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Narrative, ]
31-Mar-2017 21:20 Anon. Updated [Date, ]
31-Mar-2017 22:58 Iceman 29 Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Source, Embed code, ]
01-Apr-2017 06:51 cleberjc Updated [Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative, ]

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