Date:	Saturday 22 September 2001
Time:
Type:	Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander
Owner/operator:	Fundação Nacional do Índio - FUNAI
Registration:	PT-KTQ
MSN:	493
Year of manufacture:	1976
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	39 km W of Rio Branco Airport, AC (RBR) -   Brazil
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Calibration/Inspection
Departure airport:	Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport, AC (RBR/SBRB)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	CENIPA
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
A BN-2A Islander operated by the Brazilian National Indian Foundation was damaged beyond repair during a forced landing. The airplane departed Rio Branco Airport, AC (RBR) carrying three Japanese journalists who wanted to photograph isolated tribes in the area of Santa Rosa do Purus, AC. Some thirty minutes after takeoff one engine began to leak oil. The engine lost power and a forced landing was carried out at the Colorado Ranch, near Highway BR-364.

Pouso forçado fere sertanista e jornalistas do Japão (23-9-2001, Agência Folha)
Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC)

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