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1982 TABA Fairchild FH-227 accident

12 Jun 1982 · Tabatinga International Airport, Brazil

Transportes Aéreos Regionais da Bacia Amazônica Fairchild FH-227B · Hit obstacle during approach in bad weather

From Eirunepé Airport (ERN) to Tabatinga International Airport (TBT)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
44 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
0
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Fairchild FH-227B

Aircraft type
Fairchild FH-227
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
PT-LBV
Onboard fatalities
44
Route
From Eirunepé Airport (ERN)To Tabatinga International Airport (TBT)

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

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. 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.

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Wikipedia article: 1982 TABA Fairchild FH-227 accident
Article
1982 TABA Fairchild FH-227 accident
Revision
1360260429 · 2026-06-20 · retrieved 2026-09-18
Wikidata
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Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Record
Wikipedia article "1982 TABA Fairchild FH-227 accident" (page 41383903, revision 1360260429)
Date
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Place and country
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Map position
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Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
operator is an airline according to Wikidata
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.