São Paulo - São José dos Campos

On July 15, 2008 at 11:30 AM, São Paulo - São José dos Campos experienced a crash involving Beechcraft Beechjet 400, operated by Líder Taxi Aéreo, with the event recorded near São José dos Campos São Paulo.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew departed São Paulo-Congonhas Airport on a positioning flight to São José dos Campos. While descending to São José dos Campos, the captain led the controls to the copilot who was still under instruction. On final, the aircraft was too high on the glide. The captain took over controls but his reaction was excessive. The aircraft suddenly rolled to the right, causing the right wing to struck the ground few dozen metres short of runway 15 threshold. The aircraft landed and came to rest on the main runway. Both pilots evacuated safely while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-WHF, MSN RK-82, year of manufacture 1994.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -23.1868°, -45.8855°.