Embraer EMB-120 Brasília crash, Aug 30, 2002 (23 killed)
Embraer EMB-120 Brasília accident on August 30, 2002 near Rio Branco-Presidente Médici, Acre, Brazil with 23 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into...
- Date: August 30, 2002
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-120 Brasília
- Location: Rio Branco-Presidente Médici, Acre, Brazil
- Fatalities: 23
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the crew continued the approach in poor weather and descended below MDA, with a 70 foot altimeter setting difference, poor crew coordination, procedural deviations, and poor crew resource management as contributing factors.
An Embraer EMB-120 operating Rico Linhas Aereas Flight 4823 from Cruzeiro do Sul to Rio Branco descended below minimum descent altitude in heavy rain and struck the ground in a field short of runway 06. The aircraft was destroyed and 23 of the 31 aboard died, including the crew of three. Investigators cited altimeter discrepancies and crew coordination problems.