Rio de Janeiro – Campo de Marte – Anápolis – Brasília

On November 12, 1990 at 09:20 AM, Rio de Janeiro – Campo de Marte – Anápolis – Brasília experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo, operated by Brazilian Air Force - Força Aérea Brasileira, with the event recorded near Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Rio de Janeiro.

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

10 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 90.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after takeoff from runway 15, while in initial climb, the aircraft banked right and crashed about 300 meters from the apron, bursting into flames. A crew member was injured while nine other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 2350, MSN 15, year of manufacture 1968.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -22.8112°, -43.2586°.