1982 TABA Fairchild FH-227 accident

1982 TABA Fairchild FH-227 accident
	N7815M, the aircraft involved in the accident in June 1973 at Pinal Airpark while still in service with Mohawk Airlines
Accident
Date	12 June 1982
Summary	Hit obstacle during approach in bad weather
Site	Tabatinga International Airport, Brazil ; 4°14′59″S 69°56′23″W / 4.2497°S 69.9397°W
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Fairchild FH-227B
Operator	Transportes Aéreos Regionais da Bacia Amazônica
Registration	PT-LBV
Flight origin	Eirunepé Airport, Eirunepé, Brazil
Destination	Tabatinga International Airport, Tabatinga, Brazil
Passengers	40
Crew	4
Fatalities	44
Survivors	0

The TABA Fairchild FH-227 accident happened on 12 June 1982 when a twin-engined Fairchild FH-227B (registered in Brazil as PT-LBV) on an internal scheduled passenger flight from Eirunepé Airport to Tabatinga International Airport crashed in bad weather.^[1] On approach to land at Tabatinga, the aircraft hit a lighting tower and crashed into a car park; the aircraft exploded and burned, and all 44 on board were killed, resulting as TABA's worst aviation disaster.^[2]^[1]

Aircraft

The aircraft was a Fairchild FH-227B twin-engined turboprop that had been built in the United States in 1967 for Mohawk Airlines.^[3] After a number of owners it was bought by TABA in June 1981.^[3]

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b "Airline flight safety: 1982 reviewed". Flight International. 22 January 1983.
^ Civil Aviation Authority 1974, p. 12/82
^ ^a ^b Eastwood 1991, p. 228

Bibliography

World Accident Summary. Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom). 1974. ISBN 0-903083-44-2.
Eastwood, Tony; Roach, John (1991). Turbo Prop Airliner Production List. The Aviation Hobby Shop. ISBN 0-907178-32-4.