Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante crash, Sep 23, 1994 (2 killed)
Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante accident on September 23, 1994 near Feijó, Acre, Brazil with 2 fatalities. Cause: Right engine malfunction after takeoff...
- Date: September 23, 1994
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante
- Location: Feijó, Acre, Brazil
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Right engine malfunction after takeoff combined with crew stress, poor flight planning and poor weather; the exact engine failure could not be determined because of the post-crash fire.
A Purus Aerotaxi Bandeirante flying cargo from Feijo to Rio Branco with a stop at Tarauacá had a right engine malfunction soon after takeoff. The crew was slow to raise the landing gear, the aircraft struck a tree that tore off part of the right wing, and it crashed in woodland and burned. Both pilots died. The aircraft had run off the runway on landing at Feijo the previous evening.