Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 20 OCT 2003 |
| Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 |
| Operator: | TAVAJ Linhas Aéreas |
| Registration: | PT-TVA |
| C/n / msn: | 10334 |
| First flight: | 1967 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls Royce 532-7 Dart |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 23 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Tarauacá Airport, AC (TRQ) (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Cruzeiro do Sul-Campo Internacional Airport, AC (CZS/SBCZ), Brazil |
| Tarauacá Airport, AC (TRQ/SBTK), Brazil |
After touching down, the aircraft lost control and went off the runway. It collided with several obstacles and rising terrain, suffering severe damage. The Friendship has reportedly been withdrawn from use following the accident.
Sources:
» DAC - Departamento de Aviação Civil
Photos
G-BNAL was bought by Fokker in November 1994 and exported to Brazil in September 1995.
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 Cruzeiro do Sul-Campo Internacional Airport, AC to Tarauacá Airport, AC as the crow flies is 226 km (141 miles).
Distance from Cruzeiro do Sul-Campo Internacional Airport, AC to Tarauacá Airport, AC as the crow flies is 226 km (141 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.
