Belo Horizonte - Angra dos Reis

On July 12, 2012 at 05:15 PM, Belo Horizonte - Angra dos Reis experienced a crash involving Embraer EMB-121 Xingu, operated by Banjet Taxi Aéreo, with the event recorded near Angra dos Reis Rio de Janeiro.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 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: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The twin engine aircraft departed Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport on a charter flight to Angra dos Reis, carrying one passenger and two pilots. On approach to Angra dos Reis, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with a cold front approaching the area. On short final, while completing a right turn at low height, the right wing struck the water surface and the aircraft crashed in the sea, some 500 metres offshore. The wreckage was found 3 km from the airport. All three occupants were killed and aircraft was destroyed. Visibility was low at the time of the accident with heavy rain falls, low clouds and turbulences. The passenger was the local representative of the Mercedes Benz Group.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-MAB, MSN 121-007, year of manufacture 1979.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -23.1555°, -44.2345°.