Videira – Campo de Marte

On July 29, 2018 at 06:10 PM, Videira – Campo de Marte experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 90 King Air, operated by Videplast, with the event recorded near Campo de Marte AFB (São Paulo) São Paulo.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 14.3%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

While approaching Campo de Marte Airport by night following an uneventful flight from Videira, the crew encountered technical problems with the landing gear and was cleared to complete two low passes over the runway to confirm visually the problem. While performing a third approach, the twin engine airplane rolled to the left then overturned and crashed inverted about 100 metres to the left of runway 30, bursting into flames. Six occupants were injured and one pilot was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-SZN, MSN LJ-1910, year of manufacture 2008.