Date: | Tuesday 2 August 2011 |
Time: | 13:27 |
Type: | Cessna C-98A Grand Caravan (208B) |
Owner/operator: | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB |
Registration: | 2735 |
MSN: | 208B2130 |
Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Bom Jardim da Serra, SC -
Brazil
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Porto Alegre-Canoas Air Base, RS (SBCO) |
Destination airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A Cessna 208B (C-98A) Grand Caravan, serial FAB2735, was destroyed in an accident near Bom Jardim da Serra, Brazil. All eight people aboard died.
The Brazilian Air Force plane took off from Porto Alegre-Canoas Air Base at 11:45 on a flight to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão (GIG). It came down on the slope of a small hill between the villages of Bom Jardim da Serra and São Joaquim.
The Cessna was operated by the 5° ETA (Esquadrão de Transporte Aéreo).
Sources:
FAB media release
Aeronave da força Aérea Brasileira cai em Bom Jardim da Serra (São Joaquim Online, 2-8-2011)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Mycchel Hudsonn Legnaghi; near Bom Jardim da Serra; 02 August 2011
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