Piper PA-34-220T PT-GCC

Summary

On 18 September 2011 at about 23:30 local time, a Piper PA-34-220T registered PT-GCC, operated by Gilberto C. Carvalho, was involved in an accident near Jatai Municipality, Brazil. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 September 2011 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Jatai Municipality, Brazil

Coordinates

-17.7889, -51.7672

Aircraft

Piper PA-34-220T

Registration

PT-GCC

Category

Airplane

Operator

Gilberto C. Carvalho

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Jatai → Jatai

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

NTSB number

ERA11WA515

1 person died.

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 September 18, 2011, about 2330 universal coordinated time, a Piper PA-34-220T, Brazilian registration PT-GCC, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain near Jatai Municipality, Goias, Brazil. The certificated pilot was fatally injured. The local flight departed Jatai Airport (SJTI), Goias, Brazil exact time unknown. According to witnesses, the airplane performed several low passes over a lagoon near the departure airport, before it departed controlled flight and collided with terrain. This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center (CENIPA) of Brazil. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center Investigation Division CENIPA SHIS - QI 05-VI Comar Brasilia-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Telephone: (55-61) 3364-8800 Fax: (55-61) 3365-1004 [email protected] This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.