Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention Center

Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention Center
Centro de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronáuticos
Official seal of CENIPA
Agency overview
Formed19 November 1971;
54 years ago (1971-11-19)
JurisdictionGovernment of Brazil
Headquarters
Agency executive
Parent department
Brazilian Air Force
Websitewww2.fab.mil.br/cenipa/ Edit this at Wikidata

The Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention Center (Brazilian Portuguese: Centro de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronáuticos, CENIPA) is a unit of the Brazilian Air Force that investigates aviation accidents and incidents in Brazil. It is headquartered in Brasília.

Space accidents are investigated by the Space Activities Accident Investigation and Prevention System (Brazilian Portuguese: Sistema de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes em Atividades Espaciais, SIPAE).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "logo.jpg Archived 18 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine." Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention Center. Retrieved on 16 May 2011.
  2. ↑ Home page Archived 23 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Centro de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronáuticos. Retrieved on June 1, 2009. "SHIS QI 05 Área Especial 12 - Lago Sul - Brasília/DF CEP:71615-600"
  3. ↑ "Preface". Final Report IE-001/CENIPA/2025/SIPAE (PDF) (Report). Space Activities Accident Investigation and Prevention System. 23 December 2025. p. 3/87. Retrieved 12 June 2026. - Portuguese version