Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 25 JAN 1993 |
| Type: | Fairchild FH-227B |
| Operator: | TABA - Transportes Aéreos da Bacia Amazônica |
| Registration: | PT-LCS |
| C/n / msn: | 522 |
| First flight: | 1966 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Altamira Airport, PA (ATM) (Brazil)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Belém/Val-de-Cães International Airport , PA (BEL/SBBE), Brazil |
| Altamira Airport, PA (ATM/SBHT), Brazil |
Crashed out of control into the jungle during a night-time cargo flight.
Sources:
» Flight International
Photos
F-GCFD was leased to TABA as PT-LCS in July 1982
Map
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 Belém/Val-de-Cães International Airport , PA to Altamira Airport, PA as the crow flies is 466 km (292 miles).
Distance from Belém/Val-de-Cães International Airport , PA to Altamira Airport, PA as the crow flies is 466 km (292 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.
