Piper PA34 PT-MMX

Summary

On 7 June 2013 at about 14:00 local time, a Piper PA34 registered PT-MMX, operated by W. da S. Gomes - ME, was involved in an accident near Envira, Brazil. 7 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured, 5 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 June 2013 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Envira, Brazil

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA34

Registration

PT-MMX

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

W. da S. Gomes - ME

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Eirunepe → Eirunepe

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA13WA306

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 June 7, 2013, at 1400 coordinated universal time (UTC), a Piper PA-34-200T, Brazilian registration PT-MMX, was substantially damaged during a ditching into the Tarauacá River following an unspecified malfunction of the airplane’s right engine after takeoff. The flight was operated by W. da S. Gomes ME, and originated from Eirunepé, Brazil. Of the six passengers on board, five sustained minor injuries, and one was fatally injured. The pilot sustained serious injuries. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Brazil. Further information can be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center Investigation Division SHIS – QI 05 – VI Comar, Brasilia-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Tel (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.