Cessna 402 crash, Oct 31, 1978 (9 killed), Ponta de Pedra...
Cessna 402 accident on October 31, 1978 near Ponta de Pedras Pará, Brazil with 9 fatalities.
- Date: October 31, 1978
- Aircraft: Cessna 402
- Location: Ponta de Pedras Pará, Brazil
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: En route
On 31 October 1978 Cessna 402 PT-JXL, operated by Taxi Aereo Kovacs on a charter flight from Belem to Almeirim carrying a pilot and eight passengers for Embratel, reported engine trouble shortly after takeoff and turned toward Abaetetuba. The aircraft lost control and crashed in a large explosion near Ponta de Pedras, about 45 km west of Belem. All nine occupants were killed.