Brasília – Goiânia

On January 14, 2011 at 06:10 PM, Brasília – Goiânia experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, operated by Construtora Meio Norte, with the event recorded near Goiânia Goiás.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 6 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: 5, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an uneventful flight from Brasília, the pilot started the descent to Goiânia-Santa Genoveva Airport in poor weather visibility with heavy rain falls and turbulences. On final approach, the twin engine aircraft descended below the glide until it impact the slope of Mt Santo Antônio located 10,7 km short of runway 32. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all six occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PR-ART, MSN BB-806, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -16.7259°, -49.2639°.