Date: | Friday 30 August 2002 |
Time: | 17:52 |
Type: | Embraer EMB-120ER Brasilia |
Owner/operator: | Rico Linhas Aéreas |
Registration: | PT-WRQ |
MSN: | 120043 |
Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
Total airframe hrs: | 25958 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 31 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1,5 km from Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport, AC (RBR) -
Brazil
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Tarauacá Airport, AC (TRQ/SBTK) |
Destination airport: | Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport, AC (RBR/SBRB) |
Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Flight 4823 departed Cruzeiro do Sul at 16:25 for a flight to Rio Branco, with an intermediate stop at Tarauacá.
While approaching Rio Branco during a rainstorm, the aircraft descended below MDA and struck highlands 1,5 km short of the runway.
METAR:
23:00 UTC / 18:00 local time:
SBRB 302300Z 30008KT 4000 TSRA BKN006 FEW025CB BKN100 25/25 Q1010=
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
ICAO Adrep
Jornal da Tarde
Último Segundo
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS); 03 October 1987
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