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| Date: | Thursday 5 December 2024 |
| Time: | c. 09:00 LT |
| Type: |  Embraer EMB-720C Minuano |
| Owner/operator: | AeroTUR Táxi Aéreo |
| Registration: | PT-EOS |
| MSN: | 720072 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Eirunepé, AM -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Boa Esperança-Rachid Saliba Airport, MG (SNRH) |
| Eirunepé Airport, AM (ERN/SWEI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On approach to Amaury Feitosa Tomaz Airport (ERN/SWEI), Eirunepé, Amazonas, a vulture smashed though the windscreen of an Embraer EMB-720C Minuano (Neiva licence built PA-32-300).
The six occupants were not injured and the aircraft received minor damage.
Sources:
News:
https://g1.globo.com/am/amazonas/noticia/2024/12/05/video-urubu-colide-com-aviao-bimotor-durante-voo-e-quebra-para-brisa-no-interior-do-am.ghtml
https://nypost.com/2024/12/06/lifestyle/vulture-crashes-into-plane-cockpits-window-stuns-pilot-and-passengers-we-thought-we-wouldnt-get-out-alive/
https://fato360.com/2024/12/05/urubu-colide-aviao-eirunepe/
https://portalnorte.com.br/noticias/amazonas/2024/12/05/video-urubu-colide-com-aviao-e-assusta-tripulantes-no-amazonas/
Official sources:
Report: https://dedalo.sti.fab.mil.br/ocorrencia/86114
https://sistemas.anac.gov.br/aeronaves/cons_rab_resposta.asp?textMarca=PTEOS
Aircraft photo:
https://web.archive.org/web/20241207210245/https://scontent-ams4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/43951166_319503335516960_6805258170206781440_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=4U8yNgjALd4Q7kNvgFdZKTP&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-ams4-1.xx&_nc_gid=A1t00dSB1D8VDP1KKT2jRT7&oh=00_AYC6LlK7NMLAEtGFIA2VFOTnUYH-m0WoWqRHSRqb3wVoTg&oe=677B98E2
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 January 2010 | PT-EOS | Aerowal Táxi Aéreo | 0 | Gurupá airstrip (SNGU), PA. | |
sub |
| 23 September 2017 | PT-EOS | AeroTUR Táxi Aéreo | 0 | Feijó, AC | |
sub |
| 9 June 2025 | PT-EOS | AeroTUR Táxi Aéreo | 0 | Boa Esperança-Rachid Saliba Airport, MG (SNRH) | |
sub |
| Gear collapse | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Dec-2024 08:33 | Roberto Gentilli | Added |
| 07-Dec-2024 10:41 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Dec-2024 12:24 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 17-Dec-2024 08:15 | lokarutlot | Updated [Source, ] |
| 10-Jun-2025 09:14 | ASN | Updated [Operator, ] |
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