Campo Grande - Araçatuba

On October 7, 1983 at 12:00 AM, Campo Grande - Araçatuba experienced a crash involving Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, operated by TAM Brasil - Taxi Aéreo Marilia - Transportes Aéreos Regionais, with the event recorded near Araçatuba São Paulo.

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

15 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 8 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 46.7%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 13, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On approach to Araçatuba Airport runway 22 under IFR mode, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with limited visibility due to heavy rain falls. A first approach was abandoned and a second few minutes later. During a third attempt to land, the crew decided to switch to VFR mode and descended too low when, while completing a last turn, the aircraft struck the ground and crashed few hundred meters short of runway 22 threshold. Both pilots and five passengers were killed while eight other occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-SBH, MSN 110-026, year of manufacture 1974.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -21.2085°, -50.6470°.