Porto Alegre - Joinville

On September 13, 1996 at 10:26 PM, Porto Alegre - Joinville experienced a crash involving Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, operated by Helisul Taxi Aéreo, with the event recorded near Joinville Santa Catarina.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew departed Porto Alegre on a night cargo flight to Joinville. The JNV NDB beacon and the next PP NDB were selected by the crew to start the descent to Joinville Airport, with a minimum safe altitude fixed at 770 feet. After the aircraft passed over JNV beacon, the ADF system was unable to find the PP NDB as it was inoperative so the aircraft initiated a turn heading 051° towards the PP beacon located near São Paulo-Congonhas Airport. The crew did not notice the change of heading and continued the descent when few minutes later, the aircraft struck a hill and crashed. Both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-WAV, MSN 110-048, year of manufacture 1975.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -26.3045°, -48.8487°.