Rio de Janeiro – Belo Horizonte

On November 5, 1989 at 02:00 AM, Rio de Janeiro – Belo Horizonte experienced a crash involving Learjet 25, operated by Belair Táxi Aéreo, with the event recorded near Ribeirão das Neves Minas Gerais.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains 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: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While approaching Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with heavy rain falls. Two minutes before landing, the aircraft struck trees and crashed on a hilly terrain located 15 km short of runway 13, near Ribeirão das Neves. All four occupants were killed. Crew: César Augusto da Costa e Silva, pilot, João Bosco Monteiro Barros, copilot. Passengers. Alexandrino Horta, Pedro Ernani Goulart.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-ISN, MSN 25-113, year of manufacture 1973.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -19.7673°, -44.0875°.