Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 12 JUN 1982 |
| Type: | Fairchild FH-227B |
| Operator: | TABA - Transportes Aéreos da Bacia Amazônica |
| Registration: | PT-LBV |
| C/n / msn: | 536 |
| First flight: | 1967 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 40 / Occupants: 40 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 44 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Tabatinga Internacional Airport, AM (TBT) (Brazil)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Eirunepe Airport, AM (ERN), Brazil |
| Tabatinga Internacional Airport, AM (TBT/SBTT), Brazil |
The FH-227 collided with a pole in poor visibility and crashed onto a parking lot.
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G-SKYA was sold to TABA in June 1981.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Eirunepe Airport, AM to Tabatinga Internacional Airport, AM as the crow flies is 264 km (165 miles).
Distance from Eirunepe Airport, AM to Tabatinga Internacional Airport, AM as the crow flies is 264 km (165 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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Fairchild FH-227
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