Macaé – Rio de Janeiro

On March 31, 2006 at 05:39 PM, Macaé – Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving Let L-410, operated by Transportes Especiais Aéreos %26 Malotes - TEAM, with the event recorded near Rio Bonito Rio de Janeiro.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

19 people were known to be on board, 19 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: 17, passenger fatalities: 17, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The twin engine aircraft departed Macaé Airport at 1719LT on a flight to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport with 17 passengers and two pilots on board. Few minutes later, the copilot cancelled the IFR flight plan and continued under VFR mode at an altitude of 4,500 feet. Approaching São Pedro da Aldeia, the copilot was cleared to descend to 2,000 feet to avoid poor weather conditions. Later, while approaching Saquarema, the crew initiated a left turn to avoid clouds when shortly later, at an altitude of 1,920 feet, the aircraft struck the Pedra Bonita Peak. The wreckage was found six km southeast of Rio Bonito in a dense wooded area. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 19 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-FSE, MSN 91 25 32, year of manufacture 1991.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -22.7369°, -42.5702°.