Comp Air CA-9 crash, Mar 19, 2016 (7 killed), Campo de Ma...
Comp Air CA-9 accident on March 19, 2016 near Campo de Marte AFB, São Paulo, Brazil with 7 fatalities. Cause: CENIPA (as summarized by BAAA):...
- Date: March 19, 2016
- Aircraft: Comp Air CA-9
- Location: Campo de Marte AFB, São Paulo, Brazil
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: CENIPA (as summarized by BAAA): undetermined contributing factors including pilot judgment, flight planning under high weight, altitude and temperature, changes made to the kit design that affected takeoff performance, and the absence of performance data.
On 19 March 2016 a privately owned experimental Comp Air CA9 (PR ZRA) took off from Campo de Marte airport in Sao Paulo, bound for Rio de Janeiro. Less than a minute after liftoff it turned right without gaining altitude and hit a building, and all seven occupants died, including businessman Roger Agnelli. One person on the ground was slightly injured.