Neiva NE-821 PT-VCI

Summary

On 31 March 2008 at about 07:00 local time, a Neiva NE-821 registered PT-VCI, operated by Abaeté Táxi Aéreo, was involved in an accident near Lencois, Bahia, Brazil. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 March 2008 at 07:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Lencois, Bahia, Brazil

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Neiva NE-821

Registration

PT-VCI

Category

Airplane

Operator

Abaeté Táxi Aéreo

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Salvador → Lencois, Bahia

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

NTSB number

DCA08WA060

2 people 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 March 31, 2008, a Neiva NE-821, Brazilian manufactured Piper PA31T/T1040, registration PT-VCI, operated by Abaeté Táxi Aéreo as a domestic cargo flight, crashed on approach to Lencois, Brazil. There were 2 fatalities and the airplane was destroyed. The Brazilian CENIPA has contacted NTSB for assistance in reading out the damaged CVR. Piper Aircraft was notified.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.