Accident Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee PR-FBA, Monday 21 January 2019
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Date:Monday 21 January 2019
Time:12:05 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA25 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee
Owner/operator:Aeroverde Aviação Agricola
Registration: PR-FBA
MSN: 25-7656074
Year of manufacture:1976
Engine model:Lycoming O-540
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Pablo Altoé, Jaguaré, ES -   Brazil
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Agricultural
Departure airport:Pablo Altoé, Jaguaré, ES
Destination airport:Pablo Altoé, Jaguaré, ES
Investigating agency: CENIPA
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The aircraft took off from the airstrip at Pablo Altoé, Jaguaré, ES, at around 12:00 UTC, in order to perform a pesticide application flight.
About five minutes into the flight, the aircraft crashed into a tree. Then the plane lost control and crashed into the ground. The pilot was rescued and taken to the local hospital, but he later died of his injuries.

2 Contributing Factors
- Application of the commands - contributed;
- Attitude - undetermined;
- Piloting judgment - undetermined;
- Perception - undetermined; and
- Flight planning - undetermined.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: CENIPA
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 2 years and 11 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

CENIPA

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

9 August 1996 N82313 Craft Air, Inc. 0 Farmville, NC sub
Fuel exhaustion
11 January 2008 PR-FBA Três Corações, MG unk

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-Dec-2021 18:27 harro Added

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