Belém - Altamira

On January 25, 1993 at 12:00 AM, Belém - Altamira 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 cargo and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While in cruising altitude on a cargo flight from Belém, the crew lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed in a jungle. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all three crew members were killed. It was reported that several elements of the airplane were not found at the point of impact and that the aircraft may have suffered a in-flight break up following possible multiple structural failures.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-LCS, MSN 522, year of manufacture 1966.

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