Campo de Marte - Paraty

On January 3, 2016 at 02:30 PM, Campo de Marte - Paraty experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 90 King Air, operated by Supermercados Shibata, with the event recorded near Paraty Rio de Janeiro.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains 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: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The twin engine aircraft departed Campo de Marte Airport at 1334LT on a positioning flight to Paraty, with an ETA at 1415LT. While descending to Paraty Airport, the crew encountered instrument meteorological conditions. On final, while approaching under VFR mode, the aircraft impacted trees and crashed in a dense wooded area located in hilly terrain few km short of runway. The aircraft was destroyed and both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-LMM, MSN LJ-1866, year of manufacture 2008.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -23.2196°, -44.7154°.