2024 Gramado Piper PA-42 crash
Galeazzi & Associados Piper PA-42-1000 Cheyenne 400LS · Crashed shortly after takeoff; under investigation
From Canela Airport (CEL) to Comte. Rolim Adolfo Amaro–Jundiaí State Airport (QDV)
Event
- NTSB case
- GAA25WA048
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Unknown · led by another country; figures from NTSB notifications
- Event fatalities
- 10 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 10
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 17 · all on the ground
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Unknown
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Not recorded
Piper PA-42-1000 Cheyenne 400LS
- Aircraft type
- Piper PA-42
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- PR-NDN
- Operator
- Galeazzi & Associados
- Onboard fatalities
- 10
- Route
- From Canela Airport (CEL)To Comte. Rolim Adolfo Amaro–Jundiaí State Airport (QDV)
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Non-U.S., Non-Commercial
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Takeoff
- Defining eventThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- Collision with terrain/object (non-CFIT)
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Destroyed
Cause areas
No findings designated as a cause are recorded in the NTSB data yet.
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
On 22 December 2024, a Piper PA-42 Cheyenne crashed in the tourist city of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, resulting in at least 10 fatalities and 17 injuries. The accident occurred shortly after takeoff when the aircraft collided with multiple structures in the resort town, causing significant damage and leading to fires that damaged several buildings.
Accident
The accident occurred shortly after takeoff from Canela Airport at 9:12 a.m., with the aircraft traveling only approximately 3 km before the accident. During takeoff, the aircraft flew into challenging weather conditions, with forecasts of overcast skies and fog in the area.
The aircraft reportedly struck a building's chimney in the mountainous resort town of Gramado in Rio Grande do Sul at around 9:13 a.m., followed by impacts with the second floor of a residential structure and a furniture store before colliding with a mobile phone store. Debris from the plane also struck a nearby inn. The accident sparked fires that contributed to many of the reported injuries including two critically injured women, primarily from smoke inhalation.
Local authorities, including the Civil Defense of Rio Grande do Sul and Public Security Department, coordinated the emergency response.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
The Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention Center (CENIPA) opened an investigation into the disaster.
Text from the Wikipedia article “2024 Gramado Piper PA-42 crash” (revision 1366869586, retrieved 2026-09-18) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out. Read the article
Sources
Wikipedia article: 2024 Gramado Piper PA-42 crash
- Revision
- 1366869586 · 2026-07-30 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q131539636
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
NTSB record GAA25WA048
- Event ID
- 20241223199465
- Case number
- GAA25WA048
- Dataset
- full-current
- Source SHA-256
- 5cf380f0061817c0331a6b2d8cc7e0ee3a79bea469a1001dc5c10e56f35f5ab3
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "2024 Gramado Piper PA-42 crash" (page 78690147, revision 1366869586); merged with NTSB case GAA25WA048 (events / aircraft)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- Wikipedia: Wikipedia article coordinates
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports); gaps and aircraft details from NTSB record GAA25WA048
- Operation
- not stated in the Wikipedia article's infobox or opening paragraph
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia: Wikipedia infobox: total_fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- Wikipedia: not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (2)
- One occurrence in two sources, merged: the Wikipedia article "2024 Gramado Piper PA-42 crash" and NTSB case GAA25WA048, matched by the same aircraft registration and date. For this event outside the United States Wikipedia's values are used where the two differ; each value names its source.
- Filled from the NTSB case API where the bulk record had no value: coordinates. Values present in the bulk record are kept.