Goiânia – Buriti Alegre

On November 25, 2001 at 12:05 PM, Goiânia – Buriti Alegre experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 100 King Air, operated by Jorge Wady Cecilio, with the event recorded near Buriti Alegre Goiás.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On final approach to Buriti Alegre Airfield runway 05, following an uneventful flight from Goiânia-Santa Genoveva Airport, the pilot attempted to lower the flaps twice but the circuit breakers opened. He decided to continue the approach in a flapless configuration when, on short final, the aircraft stalled and collided with a wall located 15 metres short of runway. On impact, the undercarriage were torn off and the airplane landed on its belly, slid for 500 metres and came to rest, bursting into flames. All six occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was destroyed by fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-DNP, MSN B-56, year of manufacture 1970.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -18.1378°, -49.0404°.