Belém – Altamira – Santarem – Itaituba – Alta Floresta – Cuiabá

On June 6, 1990 at 05:29 AM, Belém – Altamira – Santarem – Itaituba – Alta Floresta – Cuiabá experienced a crash involving Fairchild-Hiller FH-227, operated by Transportes Aéreos Regionais da Bacia Amazônica - TABA, with the event recorded near Altamira Pará.

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.

42 people were known to be on board, 22 fatalities were recorded, 20 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 52.4%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 39, passenger fatalities: 20, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The approach to Altamira Airport was completed by night and marginal weather conditions. Despite the visibility was limited with the presence of fog bank on final, the crew decided to continue under VFR mode. On short final, the aircraft was too low, struck trees and crashed 850 meters short of runway 07. Both pilots and 20 passengers were killed while 22 other occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-ICA, MSN 570, year of manufacture 1967.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -3.2041°, -52.2100°.