Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante crash, May 20, 2022, Eldorado...
Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante accident on May 20, 2022 near Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil with no fatalities. Cause: CENIPA: a complacent...
- Date: May 20, 2022
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante
- Location: Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: CENIPA: a complacent attitude toward safety procedures from familiarity with the destination and the operation, leading to inadequate adherence to required procedures, after a left engine power problem.
A Sales Serviços Aéreos Bandeirante on a cargo flight noticed left engine torque would not reduce during descent, shut the engine down on final, lost control and crash landed in a rice field short of the runway at Eldorado do Sul. Both pilots survived. CENIPA cited complacency and inadequate adherence to procedures.