ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 122920
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| Date: | Tuesday 31 May 2011 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Embraer EMB-820C Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | W & J Air Taxi Company |
| Registration: | PT-RAT |
| MSN: | 820108 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | 54 km from Belem, PA -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Belém International Airport (Val de Cans), Belém, PA (BEL/SBBE) |
| Monte Dourado Airport, PA (MEU/SBMD) | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Forced landing. The occupants were rescued the next day by helicopters of the Brazilian Air Force. According to a rough translation into English of a contemporary newspaper report (see link #2 for the original text):
"FAB rescues passengers by plane that made forced landing in Belém
Small aircraft followed from the capital of Pará to Monte Dourado.
Helicopter rescued eight passengers from airline taxi company.
From the G1 in São Paulo
Rescued passengers of airplane that made forced landing
A Brazilian Air Force (FAB) helicopter rescued eight passengers from a small plane from an aerial taxi company on Wednesday morning that landed a forced landing 54 kilometers from Belém. The aircraft followed the capital of Pará to Monte Dourado (PA), with employees of a company that would visit a project in the community.
According to the FAB, the rescue was carried out by the helicopter H-1H of a team of Falcão Squadron, which took off in the morning as soon as there were suitable flight conditions. After the rescue of the passengers, pilot remained in place until the end of the day accompanying military of the regional investigation service of aerial accidents that inspected the aircraft, according to the FAB.
The aircraft could not land on Monte Dourado, and as it approached the capital again, the plane lost power and had to make an emergency landing maneuver. The reasons for the incident are not yet known."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.hangar20.com.br/noticias/aviacao-geral/item/4502-avi%C3%A3o-com-nove-passageiros-faz-pouso-for%C3%A7ado-no-par%C3%A1.html
2. http://g1.globo.com/brasil/noticia/2011/06/fab-resgata-passageiros-de-aviao-que-fez-pouso-forcado-em-belem.html
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.fab.mil.br/portal/capa/index.php?mostra=7278]
4. https://www.planepictures.net/v3/show_en.php?id=530544
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jun-2011 08:41 | Anon. | Added |
| 06-Jun-2011 08:43 | harro | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 06-Jun-2011 08:45 | harro | Updated [Total occupants, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2017 19:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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