| Date: | Thursday 27 September 2001 |
| Time: | 12:15 |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB |
| Registration: | 2455 |
| MSN: | 4202 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 18 km SE of Rio de Janeiro, RJ -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janiero-Afonsos Air Force Base, RJ (SBAF) |
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashed into Pedra do Elefante Mountain in fog and rain.
The aircraft operated on a training mission out of Rio de Janeiro's Afonsos Air Force Base.
Sources:
Avião da FAB cai no RJ; nove militares estavam a bordo (dgabc.com.br, 27 Sept. 2001)
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Las Vegas-Nellis AFB, NV (LSV); March 1997
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