Embraer C-95 Bandeirante crash, Dec 26, 2002 (3 killed)
Embraer C-95 Bandeirante accident on December 26, 2002 near Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Paraná, Brazil with 3 fatalities. Cause: Double engine failure from...
- Date: December 26, 2002
- Aircraft: Embraer C-95 Bandeirante
- Location: Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Paraná, Brazil
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Double engine failure from fuel exhaustion; the crew did not prepare the flight according to procedures and departed with insufficient fuel.
A Brazilian Air Force C-95A Bandeirante carrying military personnel and families from Sao Paulo toward Florianopolis declared an emergency after technical problems and diverted to Curitiba. On the final approach to runway 33 it stalled and crashed in a grassy area short of the runway. Three people on board were killed and 13 were injured.