Jundiaí – Maraú

On November 14, 2019 at 02:17 PM, Jundiaí – Maraú experienced a crash involving Cessna 550 Citation II, operated by José João Abdalla Filho, with the event recorded near Maraú-Barra Grande Bahia.

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

10 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft took off from the Comandante Rolim Adolfo Amaro Aerodrome (SBJD), Jundiaí - SP, to the Barra Grande Aerodrome (SIRI), Maraú - BA, at about 1458 (UTC), in order to carry out a private flight, with two pilots and eight passengers on board. Upon arriving at the destination Aerodrome, at 1717 (UTC), the aircraft made an undershoot landing on runway 11, causing the main and auxiliary landing gear to burst. The airplane moved along the runway, dragging the lower fuselage and the lower wing, leaving the runway by its left side, and stopping with the heading lagged, approximately, 210º in relation to the landing trajectory. Afterwards, there was a fire that consumed most of the aircraft. The aircraft was destroyed. One crewmember and four passengers suffered fatal injuries and the other crewmember and four passengers suffered serious injuries.

Aircraft reference details include registration PT-LTJ, MSN 550-0225, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -13.8923°, -38.9493°.