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Cheyenne Crash Kills 10 In Brazil

A Piper Cheyenne similar to this was on a family holiday trip when it crashed in Brazil.

 

Russ Niles

Updated Dec 23, 2024 4:44 AM EST

 

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Brazilian authorities say a prominent businessman and nine members of his family were killed when the Piper PA-42-1000 Cheyenne 400LS crashed shortly after takeoff from Canela Airport in Gramado in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul on Sunday. Seventeen people on the ground were injured. Luiz Claudio Galeazzi was flying the twin with his wife, three daughters and five other family members onboard. The aircraft reportedly hit the chimney of a house before crashing into a hotel and a store.

Galeazzi, CEO of a São Paulo corporate restructuring and crisis management company, was flying his family on a holiday trip to Jundiaí in the São Paulo state. The plane traveled about 2 miles before crashing. A large post-crash fire ensued.

Date:	Sunday 22 December 2024
Time:	c. 09:13 LT
Type:	Piper PA-42-1000 Cheyenne 400LS
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	PR-NDN
MSN:	42-5527040
Year of manufacture:	1990
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Gramado, RS -    Brazil
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Canela Airport, RS (QCN/SSCN)
Destination airport:	Jundiaí Airport, SP (QDV/SDJD)
Investigating agency:	CENIPA
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
A Piper PA-42-100 Cheyenne 400LS, PR-NDN, was destroyed when it crashed shortly after takeoff from runway 24 at Canela Airport (QCN/SSCN), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
The pilot and nine passengers perished, and 17 people on the ground were injured.

Preliminary information indicates the aircraft hit a chimey of a house and came down at a store and a hotel in Gramado, resulting in a post crash fire. Adverse weather conditions prevailed at the time.

The pilot was travelling with his wife, three daughters, sister, brother in law, mother in law and two nephews.

METAR:

The nearest weather observation facility, Caxias do Sul Airport (SBCX), 40 km northwest of Canela, reported the following conditions at 1100 local time: light rain, ~3.7 miles visibility, a broken cloud layer at 600 ft and 6000 ft.

METAR SBCX 221400Z 15008KT 6000 1000S -RA BKN006 BKN060 16/16 Q1019
METAR SBCX 221500Z 05009KT 7000 BKN007 BKN060 17/17 Q1019