Accident description
Last updated: 3 November 2012
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 28 NOV 1995 |
| Time: | 02:00 |
| Type: | Fairchild FH-227B |
| Operator: | TABA - Transportes Aéreos da Bacia Amazônica |
| Registration: | PP-BUJ |
| C/n / msn: | 569 |
| First flight: | 1967 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Santarém Airport, PA (STM) (Brazil)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Belém/Val-de-Cães International Airport , PA (BEL) (BEL/SBBE), Brazil |
| Santarém Airport, PA (STM) (STM/SBSN), Brazil |
The aircraft crashed on its second approach to Santarem. A passenger (a former TABA employee) occupied the co-pilot seat.
Sources:
» Informativo DIPAA no.8 - 1997
» Scramble 202 (p.47)
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Belém/Val-de-Cães International Airport , PA (BEL) to Santarém Airport, PA (STM) as the crow flies is 708 km (443 miles).
Distance from Belém/Val-de-Cães International Airport , PA (BEL) to Santarém Airport, PA (STM) as the crow flies is 708 km (443 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
