Guarantã do Norte – Apuí

On June 27, 2018 at 02:30 PM, Guarantã do Norte – Apuí experienced a crash involving Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, operated by Marcelo Oliveira Silva, with the event recorded near Jardim do Ouro Pará.

The flight was categorized as illegal (smuggling) and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 66.7%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The twin engine airplane departed Guarantã do Norte on a flight to a remote area located on km 180 on the Transamazonica Road. En route, both passengers started to fight in the cabin and one of them was killed. The pilot was apparently able to kill the assassin and later decided to attempt an emergency landing. He ditched the airplane in the Rio Novo near Jardim do Ouro. The pilot was later arrested but no drugs, no weapons, no ammunition as well a both passengers bodies were not found. Apparently, the goal of the flight was illegal but Brazilian Authorities were unable to prove it.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-IIU, MSN 31-852, year of manufacture 1972.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -6.2553°, -55.7711°.