Overview

• Police cited indications that the 1958 Cessna 175, registration PT-BAN, authorized only for day VFR, may have tried to land after nightfall at Fazenda Barra Mansa.
• The aircraft exploded on impact during the landing attempt, and all four occupants were found carbonized, according to authorities.
• The victims were identified as pilot‑owner Marcelo Pereira de Barros, Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu, and Brazilian filmmakers Luiz Fernando Feres da Cunha Ferraz and Rubens Crispim Jr.
• SERIPA IV and CENIPA initiated the aviation inquiry while DRACCO and the Mato Grosso do Sul Civil Police handle on‑scene and forensic work, including DNA collection to confirm identifications.
• The team was in the Pantanal to record material for a documentary about Yu’s sponge‑city approach, and recovery efforts at the remote site lasted about nine hours.