Porto Alegre - Rio de Janeiro

On August 15, 1997 at 07:25 PM, Porto Alegre - Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving Cessna 550 Citation II, operated by Riana Táxi Aéreo, with the event recorded near Cocal do Sul Santa Catarina.

The flight was categorized as ferry and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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. On a flight from Porto Alegre to Rio de Janeiro, while cruising at an altitude of 33,000 feet, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent. The crew did not send any distress call. The aircraft descended with a rate of 20,000 feet per minute. At an altitude of 1,500 feet, it disintegrated in the air and eventually crashed. Both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-LML, MSN 550-0013, year of manufacture 1978.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -28.6007°, -49.3249°.