1984 TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Embraer EMB 110 crash

December 2023 March 2024 March 2024 1984 aviation accident in Brazil 1984 TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Embraer EMB 110 crash Accident Embraer Bandeirante PP-SBC (1974) (trimming).jpg PP-SBC, the aircraft involved in the accident, while still in service with VASP in 1974 1984 06 28 y Controlled flight into terrain São Pedro da Aldeia -22.53654 -42.031815 type:event inline,title Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante TAM – Transportes Aéreos Regionais PP-SBC Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Macaé Airport, Macaé, Brazil 16 2 18 0 On 28 June 1984 an Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante operated by TAM – Transportes Aéreos Regionais crashed in Brazil with eighteen people on board. There were no survivors. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19840628-1 Accident description PP-SBC Aviation Safety Network 4 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20121104070937/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19840628-1 4 November 2012 live Carlos Ari César Germano da Silva O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através dos seus acidentes 1928–1996 Visumento EDIPUCRS 2 Porto Alegre 2008 338–341 978-85-7430-760-2 pt Accident The Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, with registration PP-SBC, operated by Brazilian airline TAM – Transportes Aéreos Regionais, crashed in to a hillside during let-down to land at Macaé. The Bandeirante was on a domestic charter flight from Rio de Janeiro-Galeão to Macaé when it flew into São João Hill while descending through rain and clouds over the Municipality of São Pedro da Aldeia. All 16 passengers and 2 crew died. Aircraft The aircraft had been chartered by Brazil's state oil company, Petrobras. Fourteen passengers were members of television crews from four different Brazilian networks who were being taken to the Campos Basin oil field to prepare a special report; the other two passengers were employees of Petrobras. Causes The crew cancelled the aircraft's flight plan, which had specified operating under Instrument Flight Rules, and descended visually (under Visual Flight Rules); the aircraft hit a hill and was destroyed by the impact and subsequent fire. Investigation The crew had attempted to descend in bad weather, rain and low clouds; and the International Civil Aviation Authority Accident Summary states that [the crew] exercised poor judgement [and] failed to see and avoid objects,...[a] poorly planned [approach] and disregard of good operating practice, were factors. References UK CAA Document CAA 429 World Airline Accident Summary (ICAO Summary 1984-5) External links 19840628-1 Category:Airliner accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrain Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Brazil Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1984 Category:1984 in Brazil Category:June 1984 in South America