Date:	Tuesday 2 August 2011
Time:	13:27
Type:	Cessna C-98A Grand Caravan (208B)
Owner/operator:	Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB
Registration:	2735
MSN:	208B2130
Year of manufacture:	2009
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Bom Jardim da Serra, SC -   Brazil
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Porto Alegre-Canoas Air Base, RS (SBCO)
Destination airport:	Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
A Cessna 208B (C-98A) Grand Caravan, serial FAB2735, was destroyed in an accident near Bom Jardim da Serra, Brazil. All eight people aboard died.
The Brazilian Air Force plane took off from Porto Alegre-Canoas Air Base at 11:45 on a flight to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão (GIG). It came down on the slope of a small hill between the villages of Bom Jardim da Serra and São Joaquim.
The Cessna was operated by the 5° ETA (Esquadrão de Transporte Aéreo).

FAB media release
Aeronave da força Aérea Brasileira cai em Bom Jardim da Serra (São Joaquim Online, 2-8-2011)

photo (c) Mycchel Hudsonn Legnaghi; near Bom Jardim da Serra; 02 August 2011

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