2010 Embraer EMB-810C PT-EUJ accident
CTA - Cleiton Táxi Aéreo Embraer EMB-810 Seneca · *Human error Excess weight during takeoff Violation of operating rules Overdue maintenance and flight plan failure
From Manaus Aeroclub, Manaus, Brazil to Maués Airport (MBZ)
Event
- NTSB case
- ERA10WA272
- 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
- 6 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- Unknown
- 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
- 0 serious · 0 minor (NTSB)
- 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
- Charter & commuter
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Not recorded
Embraer EMB-810 Seneca
- Aircraft type
- Embraer EMB-810
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- 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
- PT-EUJ
- Operator
- CTA - Cleiton Táxi Aéreo
- Onboard fatalities
- 6
- Route
- From Manaus Aeroclub, Manaus, BrazilTo Maués Airport (MBZ)
- 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
- Not recorded
- 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
- Not recorded
- 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 · Estimated position: Manaus, near the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
The 2010 EMB-810C PT-EUJ accident was an air accident that occurred on 13 May of that year in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, in which six people died. The aircraft, an Embraer EMB-810C Seneca II registered PT-EUJ, left Flores aerodrome bound for Maués Airport in Maués, also in Amazonas, about 365 km from Manaus.
Flight and accident
The flight departed from Flores Aerodrome in Manaus, bound for Maués Airport, shortly before 15h. Minutes later, the pilot, Miguel Vaspeano Lepeco, reportedly contacted the tower and said he was returning to Flores, without explaining why. After that, the signal was lost. According to reports, the aircraft attempted a forced landing on the field of the Colégio Pró-Menor Dom Bosco Leste school in the Zumbi neighbourhood, but struck a small hill nose-first and exploded on impact.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Portuguese Wikipedia article “Acidente do Embraer EMB-810C prefixo PT-EUJ em 2010” (revision 72790972, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
NTSB narrative
On May 13, 2010, about 1900 coordinated universal time, an Embraer EMB-810C , Brazilian registration PT-EUJ, was destroyed when it impacted terrain during a forced landing near Manaus, Brazil. The pilot and five passenger were killed. The flight originated from Manaus, Brazil (SWFN) and was destined for Maues, Brazil (SWMW). The flight was conducted under Brazilian flight regulations.
This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. For further information contact:
Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center SHIS - QI 05 - VI COMAR Brasilia -DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Tel: 55 61 3364 8800 Fax: 53 61 3365 1004 dipaa@cenipa.aer.mil.br
This report is for informational purposes only and contains information released by or obtained from the Government of Brazil.
Verbatim NTSB factual narrative from the NTSB dataset
Sources
Portuguese Wikipedia article: Acidente do Embraer EMB-810C prefixo PT-EUJ em 2010
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 72790972 · 2026-08-09 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q2297752
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
NTSB record ERA10WA272
- Event ID
- 20100519X65147
- Case number
- ERA10WA272
- Dataset
- full-current
- Source SHA-256
- 5cf380f0061817c0331a6b2d8cc7e0ee3a79bea469a1001dc5c10e56f35f5ab3
Where each value comes from
- Record
- pt Wikipedia article "Acidente do Embraer EMB-810C prefixo PT-EUJ em 2010" (page 2757695, revision 72790972), translated into English with AI assistance; merged with NTSB case ERA10WA272 (events / aircraft)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site; country from NTSB record ERA10WA272
- Map position
- Wikipedia: place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata 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 ERA10WA272
- Operation
- Reviewed correction (2026-09-26): The Seneca was operated by an air taxi company (Táxi Aéreo) on a flight to Maués: an air taxi flight. The article: "operator CTA - Cleiton Táxi Aéreo"
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia: Wikipedia infobox: aircraft 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 "2010 Embraer EMB-810C PT-EUJ accident" and NTSB case ERA10WA272, 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.
- No bulk values were replaced by the NTSB case API.