Rio de Janeiro - Jacarepaguá

On September 16, 2005 at 02:05 PM, Rio de Janeiro - Jacarepaguá experienced a crash involving Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1, operated by Viaçao Cometa, with the event recorded near Alto da Boa Vista Rio de Janeiro.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was flight 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 twin engine airplane departed Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont at 1402LT on a positioning flight to Jacarepaguá Airport located 23 km southwest from Santos Dumont Airport. After takeoff, the copilot informed ATC he maintained the altitude of 1,500 feet via route Bravo until the coast. Shortly later, while cruising in clouds at an altitude of 1,380 feet, the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Morro da Taquara located in the Tijuca National Park. The wreckage was found near Alto da Boa Vista and both pilots were killed. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were considered as marginal with low ceiling above the mountainous area.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-WLX, MSN 525-0176, year of manufacture 1997.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -22.9621°, -43.2536°.