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Crash of an Embraer EMB-110C Bandeirante in Araçatuba: 7 killed

Date & Time: Oct 7, 1983
Operator:
Registration:
PP-SBH
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Campo Grande - Araçatuba
MSN:
110-026
YOM:
1974
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
13
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
On approach to Araçatuba Airport runway 22 under IFR mode, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with limited visibility due to heavy rain falls. A first approach was abandoned and a second few minutes later. During a third attempt to land, the crew decided to switch to VFR mode and descended too low when, while completing a last turn, the aircraft struck the ground and crashed few hundred meters short of runway 22 threshold. Both pilots and five passengers were killed while eight other occupants were injured.
Probable cause:
The crew decided to descend below the MDA in limited visibility without proper visual contact with the runway until the aircraft struck the ground.

Crash of a Cessna 500 Citation I in Rio de Janeiro

Date & Time: Nov 12, 1976 at 2255 LT
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
PT-KIU
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Araçatuba – Rio de Janeiro
MSN:
500-0172
YOM:
1974
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
6
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
After landing at Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran and came to rest into the Guanabara Bay about 100 metres past the runway end. All eight occupants were quickly rescued and the airplane sank 30 minutes later.

Crash of a Lockheed L-749A Constellation in Araçatuba

Date & Time: Aug 4, 1969
Registration:
N120A
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
2617
YOM:
1949
Country:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
At liftoff, control was lost. The airplane contacted ground, causing the nose gear to collapse. The airplane slid for several yards before coming to rest on its nose. All four crew members were slightly injured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. It was later reported that the flight was illegal, that the takeoff was initiated from an inappropriate terrain and that the aircraft was carrying 15 tons of smuggled cigarettes.