Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante crash, Dec 11, 2004 (3 killed)
Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante accident on December 11, 2004 near Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil with 3 fatalities. Cause: The crew's decision to descend...
- Date: December 11, 2004
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante
- Location: Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew's decision to descend below minimums in weather below limits, with contributing poor visibility, poor approach planning, poor crew coordination and a loss of control during the approach.
A night IFR mail flight into Uberaba continued its approach after weather fell below minimums. It descended below the minimum descent altitude, struck two houses in a residential district short of runway 17 and burst into flames. Both pilots and one person on the ground were killed.