Crash of an Embraer C-95B Bandeirante near Campo dos Afonsos AFB: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 26, 1987 at 1048 LT
Operator:
Registration:
2324
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Campo de Afonsos – Saquarema
MSN:
110-437
YOM:
1983
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Few minutes after takeoff from Campo de Afonsos AFB, while climbing in clouds, the twin engine airplane struck the slope of a mountain located few km from the airbase. All three crew members were killed.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.
