| Date: | Friday 17 January 1997 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 500 |
| Owner/operator: | TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais |
| Registration: | PT-LAM |
| MSN: | 10539 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 532-7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Uberaba Airport, MG (UBA) -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Uberaba Airport, MG (UBA/SBUR) |
| São Paulo (unknown airport), SP |
On January 9, 1997 the aircraft belly landed at Uberaba during a training flight. Temporary repairs were carried out and the aircraft left Uberaba on January 17. The cabin was pressurized during this flight, resulting in additional damage to the fuselage shortly after lift-off. The aircraft returned safely and was considered damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
Airnieuws 328
Airnieuws 331
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH); 02 January 1990
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