Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 18 April 1984
Aircraft Type: Embraer EMB-110P Bandeirante
Owner/operator: VOTEC Servicios Areos Regionais
Registration Number: PT-GKL
Location: near Imperatriz Airport, MA (IMP) –
ÿ Brazil
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 17
Component Affected: The PT-GJZ aircraft’s control surfaces and flight dynamics.The PT-GJZ aircraft’s control surfaces and flight dynamics.
Category: Accident
A PT-GJZ aircraft collided mid-air with a VOTEC Bandeirante. The PT-GJZ lost control and crashed, resulting in the Bandeirante’s successful forced landing on a river.A PT-GJZ aircraft collided mid-air with a VOTEC Bandeirante. The PT-GJZ lost control and crashed, resulting in the Bandeirante’s successful forced landing on a river.
Description
Collided in mid-air with another VOTEC Bandeirante. PT-GJZ crashed out of control, but PT-GKL was able to make a forced landing (without the no. 1 engine!) on a river and sank.
Primary Cause
Loss of control during a collision with another aircraft.Loss of control during a collision with another aircraft.Share on:
