Belo Horizonte - Sorocaba

On April 12, 2000 at 01:28 PM, Belo Horizonte - Sorocaba experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, operated by Cotercon Comercial, with the event recorded near Belo Horizonte-Pampulha-Carlos Drummond de Andrade Minas Gerais.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a city crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, while in initial climb, the left engine failed. The pilot lost control of the aircraft that rolled to the left, lost height and crashed onto four houses located in the district of São Bernardo near the airport. The aircraft and four houses were destroyed. All three occupants were killed and two other people on the ground were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-KKI, MSN LD-483, year of manufacture 1974.