Montes Claros – Goiânia

On September 17, 2007 at 01:40 PM, Montes Claros – Goiânia experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 60 Duke, operated by Nacional Mercantil Corretora e Representações de Algodão, with the event recorded near Silvânia Goiás.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The twin engine aircraft departed Montes Claros Airport at 1200LT on a flight to Goiânia, carrying one passenger and one pilot. As he started the descent to Goiânia Airport, the pilot reported the failure of the left engine and requested the permission to proceed with a direct approach to runway 32 despite the runway 14 was in use. Few seconds later, the right engine failed as well. The pilote reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in an open field located near Silvânia, about 50 km east of Goiânia Airport. On impact, the fixing points of the seat belts broke away, causing both occupants to impact the instrument panel. The aircraft was severely damaged and both occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-OOH, MSN P-27, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -16.6600°, -48.6083°.