Plane Carrying João Pessoa Mayor Makes Emergency Landing in Rural Paraíba

Overview

• A Neiva EMB-711C Corisco (PT-NON), built in 1977, made a forced landing in a pasture near Alagoa Grande with the mayor, two aides and the pilot uninjured.
• Cícero Lucena said the aircraft began losing engine power minutes from João Pessoa while returning from Sousa on a chartered trip tied to his interior agenda.
• The aircraft sustained material damage, including to a wing and landing gear, after the pilot set down on a cut-grass field at Fazenda São José.
• CENIPA and FAB investigators, including SERIPA II, have collected occurrence data as they open an inquiry into what caused the in-flight failure.
• ANAC records list the plane as registered for private air services and airworthy before the flight, while initial reports differ between power loss and an electrical fault.