Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 12 AUG 2010 |
| Time: | 09:16 |
| Type: | Learjet 55C |
| Operator: | OceanAir Táxi Aéreo |
| Registration: | PT-LXO |
| C/n / msn: | 55C-135 |
| First flight: | 1988 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TFE731-3A-2B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU) (Brazil)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ), Brazil |
| Rio de Janeiro/Galeão-Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL), Brazil |
A Learjet 55C corporate jet was damaged in a runway excursion accident at Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU). The three crew members survived the accident. The airplane had reportedly returned to land, running off the end of runway 02R into the water of Guanabara Bay.
Events:
Sources:
» Infraero press release 12/08/2010
» Ocean Air diz que os três tripulantes de avião não tiveram ferimentos (G1,
12/08/2010)
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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 Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ to Rio de Janeiro/Galeão-Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 14 km (9 miles).
Distance from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ to Rio de Janeiro/Galeão-Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 14 km (9 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.
