Embraer C-95 Bandeirante crash, Jul 27, 2015, Lagoa Santa...
Embraer C-95 Bandeirante accident on July 27, 2015 near Lagoa Santa AFB (Belo Horizonte), Minas Gerais, Brazil with no fatalities. Cause: BAAA database...
- Date: July 27, 2015
- Aircraft: Embraer C-95 Bandeirante
- Location: Lagoa Santa AFB (Belo Horizonte), Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: BAAA database summary (no official FAB or CENIPA report located): believed to be a consequence of a wrong takeoff configuration, as the crew did not set the flaps properly.
An Embraer C 95BM Bandeirante of the Brazilian Air Force (serial 2326) was on a touch and go training mission at Lagoa Santa AFB, Minas Gerais, on 27 July 2015. During the takeoff roll the aircraft did not respond to rotation, veered right off the runway, struck an embankment, lost its undercarriage and slid to a stop in grass. All three occupants escaped uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.