Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 07 OCT 1983 |
| Type: | Embraer 110C Bandeirante |
| Operator: | TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais |
| Registration: | PP-SBH |
| C/n / msn: | 110026 |
| First flight: | 1974 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 13 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 15 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Araçatuba Airport, SP (ARU) (Brazil)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Campo Grande Internacional Airport, MS (CGR/SBCG), Brazil |
| Araçatuba Airport, SP (ARU/SBAU), Brazil |
After two missed IFR approaches to runway 22 a VFR approach was conducted. While turning in, the aircraft struck the ground just short of the runway threshold.
Sources:
» Gainesville Sun - Oct 8, 1983
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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 Campo Grande Internacional Airport, MS to Araçatuba Airport, SP as the crow flies is 446 km (279 miles).
Distance from Campo Grande Internacional Airport, MS to Araçatuba Airport, SP as the crow flies is 446 km (279 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.
