Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante crash, Jan 31, 2000, Envira
Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante accident on January 31, 2000 near Envira, Amazonas, Brazil with no fatalities. Cause: Aquaplaning on a wet runway after a...
- Date: January 31, 2000
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante
- Location: Envira, Amazonas, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Aquaplaning on a wet runway after a long landing in heavy rain, with contributing overload, a tailwind, and crew and operator deficiencies in planning and procedures.
A Brazilian state government Bandeirante, overloaded and flown with a tailwind, diverted to the uncontrolled Envira airstrip in heavy rain. It landed about 500 metres past the threshold, aquaplaned and overran into a ravine. The captain was seriously injured, the copilot had minor injuries and the passengers were unhurt.