Campo Grande

The twin engine airplane departed Miranda-Estância Caimam Airfield at 0915LT on a charter flight to Campo Grande, carrying seven passengers and two pilots. About 35 minutes into the flight, while flying 79 km from the destination in good weather conditions, the left engine failed. The crew was unable to feather the propeller and to maintain a safe altitude, so he decided to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft belly landed in an agriculture area, slid for few dozen metres and came to rest. All nine occupants suffered minor injuries and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The aircraft departed São Paulo-Guarulhos Airport on a schedule flight (JJ3804) to Campo Grande, carrying 24 passengers and five crew members. Less than an hour into the flight, while cruising at FL350, the crew encountered technical problems with the fuel system, declared an emergency and was cleared to divert to Araçatuba Airport. On approach, at an altitude of 1,639 feet, both engines failed. The captain realized he could not reach Araçatuba Airport so he attempted an emergency landing in a prairie located 29,5 km from the airport. Upon landing, the aircraft lost its undercarriage, slid on the ground, killed a cow and came to rest. All 29 occupants evacuated, among them four were slightly injured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

En route from Campo Grande to Vilhena, while in cruising altitude, the crew received the last weather bulletin about Vilhena with conditions below minimums. The copilot (under line check on this flight) suggested to divert to the alternate airport but the captain/instructor preferred to attempt an approach via Echo 1 and the NDB for runway 03. If visual contact would not be established at decision height, the crew would divert to the alternate airport. Then the copilot set the decision height at 2,500 feet which was wrong as the correct decision height was fixed at 2,560 feet. Nor the copilot nor the captain realized this mistake prior to start the descent to Vilhena Airport. On approach, the copilot was told by captain to monitor the horizon. He focused his attention on the horizon and failed to monitor the altimer. On his side, the captain elected to establish a visual contact with the ground and the runway light but is was later confirmed that the city of Vilhena suffered a general blackout. On final, the aircraft descended below MDA then struck trees and crashed less than one km from the runway threshold, bursting into flames. All 16 occupants evacuated safely while the aircraft was destroyed by fire.

On approach to Araçatuba Airport runway 22 under IFR mode, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with limited visibility due to heavy rain falls. A first approach was abandoned and a second few minutes later. During a third attempt to land, the crew decided to switch to VFR mode and descended too low when, while completing a last turn, the aircraft struck the ground and crashed few hundred meters short of runway 22 threshold. Both pilots and five passengers were killed while eight other occupants were injured.

Few minutes after takeoff from Ponta Porã Airport, weather conditions deteriorated and the pilot decided to return to Ponta Porã. On approach, the airplane went out of control and crashed few km from the runway threshold. A passenger was seriously injured while 20 other occupants were killed, among them two generals and several officers.

On approach to Campo dos Afonsos AFB, the twin engine airplane collided with a North American T-6 Texan. Following the collision, the crew of the Texan was able to land while the Expeditor went out of control and crashed. A pilot Lt Alberto Benevidas Silva was killed while pilot Lt Hilario Vaz Alvarez was injured.

The approach to Campo Grande Airport was started in poor weather conditions with low clouds, rain falls and turbulences. On final, the pilot-in-command decided to make a go around. Few minutes later, a second attempt to land was also abandoned and during the third attempt, the aircraft was too low, hit the ground and crashed in a field located 6 km short of runway. All four crew members were injured and the aircraft was written off.