ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327112
Date: | Sunday 20 October 1985 |
Time: | |
Type: | Embraer C-95B Bandeirante (EMB-110) |
Owner/operator: | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB |
Registration: | 2302 |
MSN: | 110255 |
Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG) -
Brazil
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL) |
Destination airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL) |
Narrative:An Embraer C-95B Bandeirante crashed into the sea just 150 m short of runway 14/32 at Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Brazil. All three crew members were rescued.
The airplane had dropped eleven skydivers as part of a demonstration during an air show. A loss of engine power reportedly forced the pilot to ditch the plane just short of the runway.
Sources:
Aerohobby.net
Jornal do Brasil - 21 October 1985
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