Accident AMX A-1A 5532, Friday 6 June 1997
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Date:Friday 6 June 1997
Time:c. 16:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic AMX model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
AMX A-1A
Owner/operator:Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB
Registration: 5532
MSN: BX033
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Gonçalves (MG) -   Brazil
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Sao José dos Campos (SP)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed on acceptance flight. Pilot Alberto de Almeida Neto (43) died.

Sources:

Air International 23-29 September 1998, p43
Scramble
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fol/geral/gx026596.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-May-2011 07:58 757 Added
03-Jun-2013 19:52 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
04-Jun-2013 20:24 TB Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
18-Oct-2015 06:51 junior sjc Updated [Aircraft type, ]

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