Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Estancia Panama
Saturday, July 5, 2003 7:00 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

On July 5, 2003, about 0700 eastern daytime, a Piper PA-34-220T Seneca III, PT-VOO, of Brazilian registration and unknown operator, impacted with terrain and caught on fire, at Estancia Campos Verde's, Paraguay. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was destroyed. Two of three occupants were fatally injured and one sustained serious injuries. The origination and destination of the flight has not been determined. Information obtained from the Paraguayan Direccion Nacional de Aeronautical Civil indicated that the airplane lost power on the left engine and the pilot was not able to maintain level flight. The aircraft struck trees and crashed with terrain, resulting in a fire, which consumed the airplane. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Paraguay. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Direccion Nacional de Aeronautica Civil Centr de Investigacion y Prevencion de Accidents Aeronauticos (CIPAA) Phone: (595-21) 64559 Fax: (595-21) 645599 E-mail: cipaa@dinac.gov.py This report is for information purposes only and contains only information obtained for or released by the Paraguayan Government.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/5/2003
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 700
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City Estancia
Event State --
Event Country PANAMA
Zipcode of the event site --
Event Date Year 2003
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? Yes
Event Location Latitude 213739S
Event Location Longitude 0593510W
Event Location Airport --
Event Location Nearest Airport ID --
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport --
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID SBCR
Elevation of weather observation facility --
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation --
Lighting Conditions --
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling --
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 6
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 20
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 17
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.83
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal 2
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious 1
Injury Total All 3
Investigating Agency Foreign
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) --
NTSB Notification Source Paraguayan Direccion Nacional
NTSB Notification Date Jul 8 2003 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 800
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Jul 23 2003 12:04PM
User who most recently changed record KINT
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office FAA Miami International

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number --
NTSB Number MIA03WA137
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Unknown
Type of Flight Plan filed Unknown
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire Ground
Aircraft Explosion --
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Piper
Aircraft Model PA-34-220T
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number N810775
Certified Max Gross Weight --
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class Foreign Reg./Foreign Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft --
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Unknown
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Unknown
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City --
Aircraft Owner State --
Aircraft Owner Country --
Aircraft Owner Zipcode --
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not Non-scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Domestic
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Passenger Only
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) --
Second Pilot on Board --
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code --
Departure City Unknown
Departure State --
Departure Country --
Departure Time --
Departure Time Zone --
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code --
Destination City Unknown
Destination State --
Destination Country --
Specific Phase of Flight Cruise
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred Yes
Date of most recent change to record Jul 23 2003 12:04PM
User who most recently changed record KINT
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location --
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --