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
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	1,5 km from Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport, AC (RBR) -   Brazil
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.

23:00 UTC / 18:00 local time:
SBRB 302300Z 30008KT 4000 TSRA BKN006 FEW025CB BKN100 25/25 Q1010=

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photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS); 03 October 1987

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