Piper PA31-350 PT-EHG

Summary

On 27 December 2008 at about 20:00 local time, a Piper PA31-350 registered PT-EHG, operated by Addey Taxi Aereo, was involved in an accident near Lorenzo, Brazil. 8 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 December 2008 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Lorenzo, Brazil

Nearest airport

Lorenzo Airport (SNCL)

Coordinates

-13.3869, -38.9058

Aircraft

Piper PA31-350

Registration

PT-EHG

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Addey Taxi Aereo

Operating rule

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Minor

NTSB number

ERA09WA214

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On March 23, 2009, at 1700 Atlantic standard time, a Piper PA31-350 Chieftain, PT-EHG, sustained minor damage from a landing-gear brake fire after landing at Lorenzo Airport (SNCL), Cairu, Brazil. The pilot and seven passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed Salvador Luis R. Magalhaes Airport (SBSV). According to information released by Centro de Investgação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronauticos (CENIPA), the airplane suffered a brake "failure." The pilot shut down the engines and the airplane departed the left side of the runway. After the airplane came to rest, the left brake assembly ignited, and the pilot extinguished the fire with the airplane's hand-held fire extinguisher. The airplane sustained minor damage in the left brake assembly and in the left main landing gear. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Centro de Investgação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronauticos (CENIPA) Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center SHIS-QI - VI COMAR, BRASILIA-DF, BRAZIL 71.615-600 Tel: 55 81 2129-7538 Fax: 55 81 2129-7277 This report is for informational purposes, and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.