Last updated: 21 April 2021
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | Saturday 22 September 2001 |
| Type: |  Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander |
| Operator: | Fundação Nacional do Índio - FUNAI |
| Registration: | PT-KTQ |
| Msn: | 493 |
| First flight: | 1976-02-21 (25 years 7 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 39 km (24.4 mls) W of Rio Branco Airport, AC (RBR) ( Brazil)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Aerial Work (Calibration, Photo) |
| Departure airport: | Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport, AC (RBR/SBRB), Brazil |
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A BN-2A Islander operated by the Brazilian National Indian Foundation was damaged beyond repair during a forced landing. The airplane departed Rio Branco Airport, AC (RBR) carrying three Japanese journalists who wanted to photograph isolated tribes in the area of Santa Rosa do Purus, AC. Some thirty minutes after takeoff one engine began to leak oil. The engine lost power and a forced landing was carried out at the Colorado Ranch, near Highway BR-364.
Classification:
Forced landing outside airport
Sources:
» Pouso forçado fere sertanista e jornalistas do Japão (23-9-2001, Agência Folha)» Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC)
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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.
