Jacarepaguá – Campo de Marte

On August 21, 2012 at 07:35 PM, Jacarepaguá – Campo de Marte experienced a crash involving Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), operated by Private Brazilian, with the event recorded near Jacarepaguá Rio de Janeiro.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after a night takeoff from Jacarepaguá Airport, the single engine aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in the sea. Few debris were found several days later. The pilot's body was found on September 4 on a beach in Barra de Tijuca. The wreckage and the copilot's body were never found. It was reported that the crew did not activate the transponder after takeoff and did not contact ATC for unknown reasons.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-FEM, MSN 46-92158, year of manufacture 2010.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -22.9532°, -43.3716°.