Date:	Wednesday 8 December 1999
Time:
Type:	Cessna 208A Caravan I
Owner/operator:	TAF Linhas Aéreas
Registration:	PT-OHA
MSN:	20800097
Year of manufacture:	1986
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near João Pessoa, PB -   Brazil
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	João Pessoa-Castro Pinto Airport, PB (JPA/SBJP)
Destination airport:	Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE (REC/SBRF)
Investigating agency:	CENIPA
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
About 10 minutes after the takeoff, engine problems forced the crew to return to the airport. The crew were not able to carry out an emergency landing on the BR-101 highway and ditched the plane in trees.

DAC - Departamento de Aviação Civil: Acidentes aeronáuticos ocorridos em 1999

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