Lorenzo Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Lorenzo Brazil
Saturday, December 27, 2008 20:00 UTC

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

On March 23, 2009, at 1700 Atlantic standard time, a Piper PA31-350 Chieftain, PT-EHG, sustained minor damage from a landing-gear brake fire after landing at Lorenzo Airport (SNCL), Cairu, Brazil. The pilot and seven passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed Salvador Luis R. Magalhaes Airport (SBSV). According to information released by Centro de Investgação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronauticos (CENIPA), the airplane suffered a brake "failure." The pilot shut down the engines and the airplane departed the left side of the runway. After the airplane came to rest, the left brake assembly ignited, and the pilot extinguished the fire with the airplane's hand-held fire extinguisher. The airplane sustained minor damage in the left brake assembly and in the left main landing gear. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Centro de Investgação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronauticos (CENIPA) Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center SHIS-QI - VI COMAR, BRASILIA-DF, BRAZIL 71.615-600 Tel: 55 81 2129-7538 Fax: 55 81 2129-7277 This report is for informational purposes, and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 12/27/2008
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 2000
Event Time Zone Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT
Event City Lorenzo
Event State --
Event Country BRAZIL
Zipcode of the event site --
Event Date Year 2008
Event Date Month 12
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 132313S
Event Location Longitude 0385421W
Event Location Airport Lorenzo Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID SNCL
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 3
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Unknown
Time of the weather observation
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID --
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 --
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling --
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) --
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) --
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) --
Variable Wind Indicator --
Wind Speed (knots) --
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator --
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 8
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency Foreign
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) --
NTSB Notification Source Foreign Government
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Apr 10 2009 11:44AM
User who most recently changed record muzd
Basic weather conditions --
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number --
NTSB Number ERA09WA214
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Unknown
Type of Flight Plan filed Unknown
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Minor
Aircraft Fire Ground
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name PIPER
Aircraft Model PA31-350
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 820043
Certified Max Gross Weight 7045
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats 2
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats 6
Total number of seats on the aircraft 8
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection --
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 Unknown
Aircraft Owner Name Addey Taxi Aereo
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City Salvador
Aircraft Owner State --
Aircraft Owner Country BR
Aircraft Owner Zipcode --
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
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 SBSV
Departure City --
Departure State --
Departure Country BR
Departure Time --
Departure Time Zone --
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code SNCL
Destination City --
Destination State --
Destination Country BR
Specific Phase of Flight --
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Apr 10 2009 11:44AM
User who most recently changed record muzd
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location --
Runway Length 2500
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --