Crash of a Britten-Norman BN-2A-6 Islander in Rio de Janeiro: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 11, 1980
Registration:
PT-KAC
Survivors:
No
MSN:
644
YOM:
1971
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Three minutes after takeoff from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, while climbing, the pilot reported technical problems and elected to return when control was lost. The twin engine airplane crashed in a field near the airport and was destroyed. All three occupants, one pilot and two engineers, were killed.