1982 TABA Fairchild FH-227 accident
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Accident | |
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Date | 12 June 1982 |
Summary | Hit obstacle during approach in bad weather |
Site | Tabatinga International Airport, Brazil |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Fairchild FH-227B |
Operator | TABA – Transportes Aéreos da Bacia Amazônica |
Registration | PT-LBV |
Flight origin | Eirunepé Airport, Eirunepé, Brazil |
Destination | Tabatinga International Airport, Tabatinga, Brazil |
Passengers | 40 |
Crew | 4 |
Fatalities | 44 |
Survivors | 0 |
The TABA Fairchild FH-227 accident happened on 12 June 1982 when a twin-engined Fairchild FH-227B (registered in Brazil as PT-LBV) on an internal scheduled passenger flight from Eirunepé Airport to Tabatinga International Airport crashed in bad weather.[1] On approach to land at Tabatinga, the aircraft hit a lighting tower and crashed into a car park; the aircraft exploded and burned, and all 44 on board were killed, resulting as TABA's worst aviation disaster.[2][1]
Aircraft
The aircraft was a Fairchild FH-227B twin-engined turboprop that had been built in the United States in 1967 for Mohawk Airlines.[3] After a number of owners it was bought by TABA in June 1981.[3]
References
- Citations
- ^ a b "Airline flight safety: 1982 reviewed". Flight International. 22 January 1983.
- ^ Civil Aviation Authority 1974, p. 12/82
- ^ a b Eastwood 1991, p. 228
- Bibliography
- World Accident Summary. Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom). 1974. ISBN 0-903083-44-2.
- Eastwood, Tony; Roach, John (1991). Turbo Prop Airliner Production List. The Aviation Hobby Shop. ISBN 0-907178-32-4.
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