Belém - Uberlândia

On March 16, 1975 at 09:27 AM, Belém - Uberlândia experienced a crash involving Cessna 500 Citation, operated by Carlos Ribeiro, with the event recorded near Acará Pará.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river 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: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The airplane departed Belém-Val de Cans Airport at 0902LT bound for Uberlândia with two passengers and one pilot on board. About 20 minutes into the flight, the pilot contacted ATC and reported smoke coming from the instrument panel. Due to limited visibility, he elected to return to Belém Airport when control was lost. The airplane crashed into the Acará River near Acará, about 65 km southeast of Belém. The aircraft was destroyed and all three occupants were killed. Crew: Carlos Ribeiro, pilot. Passengers: Oscar Thompson Filho, ex Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Ernst Acklimenhofer.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-JXS, MSN 500-0162, year of manufacture 1974.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -1.9614°, -48.1987°.