Maringá – São Paulo

On February 3, 2013 at 08:30 PM, Maringá – São Paulo experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 90 King Air, operated by Z. Air Investimentos e Participações, with the event recorded near Cândido Mota São Paulo.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 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: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The twin engine aircraft departed Maringá Airport at 1837LT on a flight to São Paulo, carrying four passengers and one pilot. 35 minutes into the flight, about five minutes after he reached its assigned altitude of 21,000 feet, the aircraft stalled and entered an uncontrolled descent. The pilot was unable to regain control, the aircraft partially disintegrated in the air and eventually crashed in a flat attitude in a field. The aircraft was destroyed and all five occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-AJV, MSN LJ-1647, year of manufacture 2001.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -22.7435°, -50.3892°.