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| Date: | Saturday 5 April 2025 |
| Time: | c. 11:50 |
| Type: | Flyer Pelican 500BR |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | PU-FAI |
| MSN: | FP-1456 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Garuva, SC -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Guaramirim-Vale Europeu Airpark, SC |
| Guaramirim-Vale Europeu Airpark, SC | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Flyer Pelican 500BR ultralight aircraft performed an emergency landing on a busy highway in Garuva, SC, Brazil, after an apparent engine failure in flight. The aircraft had left Vale Europeu Airpark (SJVL) in Guaramirim, SC for a panoramic flight. Nobody was injured, and the aircraft was later towed away.
Sources:
https://g1.globo.com/sc/santa-catarina/noticia/2025/04/05/aviao-monomotor-pouso-forcado-br-101-sc.ghtml
https://g1.globo.com/sc/santa-catarina/noticia/2025/04/05/aviao-monomotor-voo-panoramico-pouso-forcado-br-101-sc.ghtml
https://aeroin.net/ultraleve-faz-pouso-de-emergencia-na-br-101-em-santa-catarina/
CENIPA report: https://dedalo.sti.fab.mil.br/ocorrencia/86987
https://sistemas.anac.gov.br/aeronaves/cons_rab_resposta.asp?textMarca=PUFAI
Media:
Um avião pousou agora pouco no meio da rodovia em Joinville-SC.
— Gabriel (@pqdgg) April 5, 2025
Parabéns ao piloto pela habilidade e por ter salvado vidas. ??? pic.twitter.com/BBfPnkFn9r
@Arteris_ALS @grupobr277 acabamos de passar pelo km 18 da br 101 em Garuva e tem um avião no acostamento. Sabe o que aconteceu? pic.twitter.com/HZFfkw7klA
— Vinícius Moscato (@vinimoss) April 5, 2025
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2025 05:15 | lokarutlot | Added |
| 06-Apr-2025 11:45 | vasilf | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 13-Apr-2025 05:42 | lokarutlot | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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