Fortaleza - Fortaleza

On June 27, 1985 at 10:20 AM, Fortaleza - Fortaleza experienced a crash involving Embraer C-95 Bandeirante, operated by Brazilian Air Force - Força Aérea Brasileira, with the event recorded near Fortaleza Ceará.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The twin engine airplane departed Fortaleza Airport at 0800LT with four crew members on board, taking part to a combined exercise called 'Costeirex Nordeste 85' with the Brazilian Navy. At 1020LT, while flying at a very low height above the sea, one of the wing struck the water surface. The aircraft crashed and sank by a depth of 29 meters about 18 NM off Mucuripe, a district of Fortaleza. All four crew members were killed. One of the wing was found 500 meters from the main wreckage. Crew: Cpt Gildo Zanin Pistolato, Sgt Renato Ribeiro do Santos, Lt Marcelo Luis Lemos, Vinicius Santos do Nascimento.

Aircraft reference details include registration 7053, MSN 110-159, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -3.7478°, -38.4611°.