Date:	Thursday 11 January 2001
Time:
Type:	IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander
Owner/operator:	LASA Engenharia e Prospecções
Registration:	PT-KNE
MSN:	696
Year of manufacture:	1973
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Parnamirim, BA -   Brazil
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Survey
Departure airport:	Parnamirim, BA (SNBZ)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	CENIPA

Narrative:
The aircraft departed Parnamirim dos Crioulos on an aerial survey flight. After approximately 15 minutes flying over the region, it ran into adverse weather conditions and crashed into a mountain at an elevation of about 4,600 feet.

Departamento de Aviação Civil (DAC)
Thomas Brügge

photo (c) Vito Cedrini; Rio de Janeiro-Jacarepaguá Airport, RJ (SBJR)

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