Date:	Tuesday 2 February 1999
Time:
Type:	IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-9 Islander
Owner/operator:	Nortema Táxi Aéreo
Registration:	PT-KNM
MSN:	669
Year of manufacture:	1972
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Porto Velho-Aeroclube de Rondõnia Airfield, RO -   Brazil
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Porto Velho-Aeroclube de Rondõnia Airfield, RO (SWRO)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	CENIPA

Narrative:
While starting the left engine, the engine caught fire. There was no extinguisher available, and the aircraft was consumed by the blaze. The commander was not qualified for the airplane model, whose Airworthiness Certificate was cancelled. The pilot and three passengers escaped unharmed.

Departamento de Aviação Civil (DAC)
Scramble
Thomas Brügge

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