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| Date: | Sunday 21 December 1997 |
| Time: | c. 11:45 LT |
| Type: |  Aero Boero AB-115 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroclube de Itápolis |
| Registration: | PP-GAS |
| MSN: | 177-B |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Aeroclube de Itápolis Airport, SP (SDIO) -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Aeroclube de Itápolis Airport, SP (SDIO) |
| Aeroclube de Itápolis Airport, SP (SDIO) | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The PP-GAS aircraft took off from Itápolis Airfield (SDIO) at 11:45 a.m. (HBV) with one pilot on board to perform an instructor's operational maintenance flight.
After takeoff, the pilot made a 180° turn to return in the opposite direction to the takeoff direction. After passing the entire length of the runway and crossing the threshold from which he had departed, at an altitude of 120 ft, he simulated an "engine failure shortly after takeoff" and initiated procedures for a simulated landing on unprepared terrain (a sugarcane field). At approximately 20 ft altitude, he initiated a go-around.
Because he was low and with downward inertia, there was no time for the engine to react, and the aircraft's right wing touched the ground. The pilot lost directional control, causing the aircraft to collide with the ground. As a result, the aircraft sustained serious damage, but the pilot was uninjured.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://sistema.cenipa.fab.mil.br/cenipa/paginas/relatorios/rf/pt/pp_gas_21_12_97.pdf
History of this aircraft
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| 10 August 2021 | PP-GAS | Aeroclube de Dourados | 0 | Itaporã, MS | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2025 21:27 | Justanormalperson | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, ] |
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