Status: | |
Date: | Monday 11 August 1980 |
Type: | IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-6 Islander |
Operator: | Prospec |
Registration: | PT-KAC |
MSN: | 644 |
First flight: | 1971 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | near Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU) ( Brazil)
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Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Survey/research |
Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ), Brazil |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The Islander crashed into a field three minutes after take off from Santos Dumont Airport while trying to return to the airport. One pilot and two engineers on an aerial photo flight were killed.
Sources:
» Folha de São Paulo 12 August 1980, p12
» Thomas Brügge
» World Directory of Airliner Crashes
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.