Miami - Rio de Janeiro

On August 31, 1969 at 11:16 PM, Miami - Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving Learjet 23, operated by Instituto Brasileiro de Reforma Agrária, with the event recorded near Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro.

The flight was categorized as ferry and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 83.3%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was completing a ferry flight from Miami, Florida, to Rio de Janeiro. During the final approach completed by night, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the Guanabara Bay, some 8 km northwest of Santos Dumont Airport. The wreckage was found few hundred meters off the Fundão Island. The copilot's wife was found alive while five other occupants were killed. Crew: Joaquim Pereira, pilot, Joaci Rupf, copilot.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-FMX, MSN 23-090, year of manufacture 1966.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -22.8057°, -43.4315°.