Fernando de Noronha - Recife

On September 20, 1990 at 07:40 PM, Fernando de Noronha - Recife experienced a crash involving Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, operated by Government of the State of Pernambuco, with the event recorded near Fernando de Noronha Pernambuco.

The flight was categorized as government and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

12 people were known to be on board, 12 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: 10, passenger fatalities: 10, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The copilot was preparing the flight as the captain came late in the cockpit. The crew precipitated the departure and after takeoff from runway 12, while climbing by night, the aircraft rolled to the right, entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in the Atlantic Ocean few hundred meters offshore. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all 12 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-FAW, MSN 110-368, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -3.8537°, -32.4198°.