Rio de Janeiro – Belo Horizonte

On August 16, 1969 at 06:00 AM, Rio de Janeiro – Belo Horizonte experienced a crash involving Rockwell Aero Commander 680, operated by Líder Taxi Aéreo, with the event recorded near Itabira Minas Gerais.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The twin engine aircraft departed Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport at 0450LT on a cargo flight to Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, carrying a crew of two, one loadmaster and a load of newspapers. While cruising by night, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the airplane struck the slope of a mountain located 20 km from Itabira, east of Belo Horizonte. The aircraft was destroyed on impact and all three occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-BQO, MSN 680-1086-64, year of manufacture 1961.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -19.6190°, -43.2262°.