Vitória da Conquista – Salvador

On October 9, 1985 at 07:00 PM, Vitória da Conquista – Salvador experienced a crash involving Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, operated by Nordeste Linhas Aéreas Regionais, with the event recorded near Vitória da Conquista Bahia.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. Shortly after takeoff from Vitória da Conquista Airport, the twin engine airplane encountered difficulties to gain sufficient height. During initial climb, it stalled and crashed about 2 km from the runway end. Both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-GKA, MSN 110-090, year of manufacture 1976.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -14.2048°, -41.6674°.