Small Experimental Plane Crashes in Mogi Mirim, Pilot Killed

Overview

• The crash happened Wednesday around 4:30 p.m. near Rodovia Luiz Gonzaga de Amoedo Campos and left the single pilot, later identified as 25-year-old Leonardo Bezerra Pinheiro, dead.
• Firefighters, municipal guards and SAMU isolated the scorched rural site and fought post-impact fires before forensic teams and investigators arrived.
• The Aeronautical Accident Investigation Center (CENIPA/SERIPA IV) performed an initial on-scene action and has opened a formal investigation to collect data and assess damage.
• Witnesses and the flight‑school owner reported that the aircraft had been fueled with a slightly larger load than typical for a local hop and that the pilot appeared to lose control after takeoff.
• The aircraft was a two-seat Conquest registered PU-DON and was classified as an experimental, amateur-built plane, a type experts say is more sensitive to gusts and flown at the occupants’ own risk.