Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 18 OCT 1997 |
| Type: | Cessna 208A Caravan I |
| Operator: | Transportes Aéreos Meridionais - TAM |
| Registration: | PT-OGC |
| C/n / msn: | 208-00064 |
| First flight: | 1985 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Vitória-Goiabeiras Airport, ES (VIX/SBVT), Brazil |
| São Paulo (unknown airport), SP, Brazil |
An engine failure (caused by a compressor turbine blade failure) forced the pilot to carry out a landing on a beach. The landing was carried out safely, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair by the waves.
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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.
