Incident Overview
Date: Friday 30 October 2020
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-2
Owner/operator: private
Registration Number: PT-ZNQ
Location: Bras¡lia-Piquet Airport, DF (SSGP) –
ÿ Brazil
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: Directional control systemDirectional control system
Investigating Agency: CENIPACENIPA
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a loss of control during a local private flight, resulting in a crash into a ditch and trees. The failure in the directional control system led to a runway departure and subsequent impact.An aircraft experienced a loss of control during a local private flight, resulting in a crash into a ditch and trees. The failure in the directional control system led to a runway departure and subsequent impact.
Description
The aircraft took off from Piquet Airport at approximately 13:00 UTC, in order to perform a local private flight, with one pilot and two passengers on board. During the rollout after landing back at Piquet, there was a failure in the aircraft’s directional control system, resulting in a loss of ground control. The aircraft left the runway on its left side and crashed into a ditch and some coconut trees. The aircraft sustained substantial damage. The pilot and two passengers were unharmed. Contributing Factors – Aircraft maintenance – undetermined.
Primary Cause
Unspecified aircraft maintenance failureUnspecified aircraft maintenance failureShare on:
