Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing Near Trindade, Goiás

Overview

• The two-seat aircraft, which went down Friday near Rua M-18 by the Federal Institute in Trindade, left both occupants conscious and stable.
• Resident video shows the plane gliding in circles before touchdown, and neighbors reached the site first to help pull the men from the aircraft.
• Firefighters said the pilot, about 72, was on an annual check ride with a civil aviation examiner when the engine quit at roughly 2,000 feet during the return from Goianira.
• The pilot under evaluation was taken to Hugol for treatment, while the ANAC examiner sustained minor head cuts and declined medical care.
• Cenipa, Brazil’s air-accident office, activated its Seripa VI team to investigate, and crews later said smoke seen near the scene came from a trash burn rather than the plane.