Embraer EMB-820C PT-VAQ

Summary

On 12 March 2013 at about 23:30 local time, a Embraer EMB-820C registered PT-VAQ, operated by Fretax Taxi Aereo Ltda., was involved in an accident near Almeirim Municipality, Brazil. 10 people were on board and 10 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 March 2013 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Almeirim Municipality, Brazil

Coordinates

-0.8669, -52.6436

Aircraft

Embraer EMB-820C

Registration

PT-VAQ

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Fretax Taxi Aereo Ltda.

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Belem → Almeirim

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

ERA13WA178

10 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On March 12, 2013, about 2330 UTC, an Embraer Aircraft EMB-820C, PT-VAQ, operated by Fretax Taxi Aereo Ltda, crashed during approach to Monte Dourado Airport (SBMD), Almeirim, Brazil. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and flight plan information is unknown for the foreign non-scheduled revenue passenger flight from Val de Cans International Airport (SBBE), Belem, Brazil, to SBMD. The airplane was destroyed by impact and a postcrash fire and the pilot and nine passengers were fatally injured. The time of departure from SBBE was not determined. According to preliminary information, the airplane was on approach to SBMD, and was lost from radar at 2026 UTC. The following day, the wreckage was spotted in a eucalyptus plantation, 300 meters to the north of a nearby railway. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention And Investigation Center (CENIPA) Information Technology Division SHIS-QI 05-VI Comar Brasilia-DF, Brazil, 71.615.600 Phone: 55 61 3364 8819 Facsimile: 55 61 3365 1004 E-mail: [email protected] This report is for informational purposes only, and contains information released by or obtained for the Government of Brazil.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.