Araçatuba – Rio de Janeiro

On November 12, 1976 at 10:55 PM, Araçatuba – Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving Cessna 500 Citation, operated by Taxi Aéreo Jaraguá, with the event recorded near Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro.

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

8 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 8 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. After landing at Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran and came to rest into the Guanabara Bay about 100 metres past the runway end. All eight occupants were quickly rescued and the airplane sank 30 minutes later.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-KIU, MSN 500-0172, year of manufacture 1974.

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