Cuiabá – Vilhena – Rondônia

On March 23, 1993 at 05:50 PM, Cuiabá – Vilhena – Rondônia experienced a crash involving Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, operated by TAM Brasil - Taxi Aéreo Marilia - Transportes Aéreos Regionais, with the event recorded near Tangará da Serra Mato Grosso.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 6 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: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. About 42 minutes after takeoff from Cuiabá Airport, while cruising at 10,000 feet, the captain obtained the permission to reduce his altitude to 8,000 feet to avoid a low pressure area with thunderstorm activity and heavy rain falls. Few seconds later, the twin engine aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in an open field located in Tangará da Serra. All four passengers and both pilots were killed. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-SBJ, MSN 110-037, year of manufacture 1975.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -14.6214°, -57.4907°.