Crop-Dusting Plane Crashes Into Brazilian Daycare

Damaged blue and white small airplane on an airport runway — Photo: Ivan Cholakov / Shutterstock

A crop-spraying plane crashed into a daycare center packed with more than 180 children in Brazil, and every single one of them walked away unharmed.

Quick Take

An agricultural plane crashed behind a daycare in Campo Verde, Brazil, on October 23, 2026, shortly after takeoff.
The pilot, 28-year-old Gustavo Inácio Garcia, was the only person injured and was rescued by firefighters.
Surveillance video shows the plane hitting and destroying part of a daycare wall, but no children or staff were hurt.
Brazil’s air accident investigators are looking into what caused the crash, with no cause confirmed yet.

Plane Comes Down Near Daycare Full of Children

The crash happened in Campo Verde, a city in Brazil’s Mato Grosso state, on October 23, 2026. According to the Mato Grosso Military Fire Department, the aircraft went down about 400 meters from the runway it had just left, landing behind a daycare center. The fire department’s official report says the pilot was the only victim, with no other injuries reported among children or staff.

Local news outlet G1 later published surveillance footage from inside the daycare. The video shows the moment the plane crossed into the property and tore through part of a wall, kicking up dust and debris. The Municipal Education Secretariat confirmed afterward that no student was hurt in the crash.

No Children or Staff Hurt, Officials Confirm

Multiple news outlets backed up the fire department’s account. Estadão Mato Grosso reported that no child or daycare employee suffered any injury, while the pilot received medical treatment and was taken to Hospital Coração de Jesus. Reports on the daycare’s total enrollment vary slightly, with figures ranging from about 150 to 183 children, but every account agrees on the same key fact: nobody at the facility besides the pilot was hurt.

Firefighters from the department’s 11th Independent Fire Company pulled the pilot, identified as Gustavo Inácio Garcia, from the wreckage. He was reportedly conscious before being taken for treatment. Some reports describe differing injuries, including a cut to his forehead and possible chest trauma, though no hospital has released an official medical update confirming the full extent of his condition.

Impact Sequence Still Being Pieced Together

One local report adds a detail that complicates the simplest version of events. It states the plane first struck the roof of a nearby health clinic before falling into the rear area of the daycare. That account doesn’t change the central fact that no children were hurt, but it suggests the crash involved more than a single building. Classes at the daycare were suspended afterward while repairs were made to the damaged wall.

Brazil’s Center for Investigation and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents, known as CENIPA, is now investigating what caused the crash. As of the latest reporting, no official cause has been determined, and the agency has not released a technical finding. The aircraft has since been removed from the site as part of the ongoing investigation.

A Pattern in Brazilian Crop-Dusting Accidents

This crash fits a wider trend in Brazilian aviation safety. Government aviation data show that agricultural planes made up only about 5% of Brazil’s civil aircraft fleet in 2020, yet were involved in more than 34% of all civil aviation accidents that year. Separate regulatory figures put agricultural aviation at roughly 20% of the national fleet while accounting for more than a quarter of accidents over a recent three-year stretch.

🇧🇷 A small agricultural plane crashed into a daycare with around 180 children inside in Campo Verde, Brazil, on October 23.
But thank God nobody was hurt except the plane passengers pic.twitter.com/zkqaEngRdl

— DJ CandyMan (@DrCandymn) October 27, 2026

Those numbers don’t explain what caused this particular crash. They do show why low-flying crop-dusting planes draw extra scrutiny from investigators. For families in Campo Verde, the outcome mattered more than the statistics: a plane came down right behind a building full of young children, and every one of them is safe.