Santa Isabel do Rio Negro – São Gabriel da Cachoeira

On May 7, 1994 at 12:48 PM, Santa Isabel do Rio Negro – São Gabriel da Cachoeira experienced a crash involving Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, operated by Rico Taxi Aéreo - Rondonia Importaçao e Comercio, with the event recorded near São Gabriel da Cachoeira Amazonas.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

16 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 16 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 14, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew encountered poor weather conditions on approach to São Gabriel da Cachoeira Airport with low visibility due to fog. On short final, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the aircraft collided with trees and crashed few hundred metres short of runway. All 16 occupants were injured, three seriously. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-GJW, MSN 110-072, year of manufacture 1976.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -0.1250°, -67.0814°.