Campo dos Afonsos - Campo dos Afonsos

On May 8, 1998 at 12:00 AM, Campo dos Afonsos - Campo dos Afonsos experienced a crash involving Embraer C-95 Bandeirante, operated by Brazilian Air Force - Força Aérea Brasileira, with the event recorded near Barra de Tijuca Rio de Janeiro.

The flight was categorized as skydiving / paratroopers and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

13 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 9 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 30.8%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 10, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The twin engine aircraft departed Campo dos Afonsos AFB on a local paratroopers training mission. In flight, the aircraft suffered a technical problem. All 10 skydivers jumped out then the aircraft went out of control and crashed in Barra de Tijuca, about 12 km south of the airbase. All but one skydivers escaped uninjured, the tenth was killed as his parachute failed to open. All three crew members were killed and one of the stabs was found 1,500 metres from the main wreckage.

Aircraft reference details include registration 2322, MSN 110-434, year of manufacture 1983.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -23.0008°, -43.4003°.