Cessna 208 PT-OQR

Summary

On 9 July 2012 at about 17:00 local time, a Cessna 208 registered PT-OQR was involved in an accident near Sao Paulo, Brazil. 4 people were on board and one died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 July 2012 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Coordinates

-23.2922, -47.6886

Aircraft

Cessna 208

Registration

PT-OQR

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Skydiving

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sao Paulo → Sao Paulo

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

NTSB number

ERA12WA447

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 July 9, 2012, at 1700 UTC, a Cessna 208, Brazilian registration PT-OQR, was substantially damaged when it collided with a parachutist during a local skydiving flight from Boituva Airport (SDOI), Boituva Municipality, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The parachutist sustained fatal injuries during the collision. The pilot was not injured; however, the other two parachutists sustained serious injuries. According to preliminary information from the government of Brazil, the aircraft was performing its tenth skydiving flight of the day, when the accident occurred. The airplane climbed to an altitude of 14,000 feet, and three parachutists jumped from the airplane. One of the parachutists intended to film the other two parachutists during the jump. About 10 seconds after the jump, the airplane initiated a descent to rejoin the traffic pattern for landing. During the descent, the filming parachutist collided with the airplane's left wing, and then the other two parachutists. The filming parachutist received fatal injuries and the other two parachutists landed safely, although they sustained injuries to their lower limbs. The airplane also landed safely; however, substantial damage was incurred to the left wing. 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 Investigation and Prevention Center CENIPA SHIS – QI 05-VI Comar Brasília-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Telephone: (55-61) 3364-8838 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.