Accident Christen Eagle II PR-ZRT,
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Date:Saturday 1 October 2011
Time:14:40:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic EAGL model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Christen Eagle II
Owner/operator:private
Registration: PR-ZRT
MSN: GUZMAN-0001
Year of manufacture:1982
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Aeroporto de Bacacheri - SBBI, Curitiba -   Brazil
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Demo/Airshow/Display
Departure airport:Aeroporto de Bacacheri - SBBI
Destination airport:Aeroporto de Bacacheri - SBBI
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
A Christen Eagle II crashed while performing for the Aeroclube do Parana airshow in Curitiba. Apparently pilot Fábio Luis de Almeida ("Fábio Ratão") made a mistake in the last maneuver and did not have enough altitude to recover. Sadly, the pilot´s wife and kid were reported to be watching his presentation when the accident happened.

Sources:

http://g1.globo.com/pr/parana/noticia/2011/10/piloto-morre-apos-queda-de-aviao-em-festival-de-acrobacias-em-curitiba.html
https://www.bemparana.com.br/index.php?n=192442&t=aviao-de-acrobacia-cai-durante-festival-em-curitiba

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Images:


25 seconds later from the crash!


6th Bacacheri Airshow. 1st October 2011


6th Bacacheri Airshow. 1st October 2011


Takeoff with smoke and low pass over the runway. Minutes later he crashed. 6th Bacacheri Airshow. 1st October 2011

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Oct-2011 13:52 fabiopilot Added
01-Oct-2011 19:36 RobertMB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Oct-2011 19:37 RobertMB Updated [Registration]
02-Oct-2011 01:07 planespotter_sbct Updated [Time]
02-Oct-2011 12:10 planespotter_sbct Updated [Embed code, Narrative]
02-Oct-2011 12:10 planespotter_sbct Updated [[Embed code, Narrative]]
02-Oct-2011 12:10 planespotter_sbct Updated [[[Embed code, Narrative]]]

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