Chapecó – Erechim – Porto Alegre

On January 22, 1976 at 12:00 AM, Chapecó – Erechim – Porto Alegre experienced a crash involving Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, operated by Transbrasil, with the event recorded near Chapecó-Serafim Enoss Bertaso Santa Catarina.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 77.8%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

Crashed while taking off from Chapecó-Serafim Enoss Bertaso Airport for unknown reasons. Both pilots and five passengers were killed while two other passengers were rescued.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-TBD, MSN 110-011, year of manufacture 1973.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -27.1893°, -52.6453°.