2021 Palmas FR plane crash
A Beechcraft Baron similar to the incident aircraft. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 24 January 2021 |
| Summary | Crashed shortly after takeoff due to overloading |
| Site | Porto Nacional, Tocantins |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Beechcraft Baron 95-B55 |
| Operator | Construtora Meirelles Mascarenhas Ltda |
| Registration | PT-LYG |
| Flight origin | Associação Tocantinense de Aviação Aerodrome, Tocantins |
| Destination | Santa Genoveva Aerodrome, Goiás |
| Passengers | 5 |
| Crew | 1 |
| Fatalities | 6 |
| Survivors | 0 |
The 2021 Palmas FR plane crash took place on 24 January 2021, when a private Beechcraft Baron belonging to the Palmas Futebol e Regatas, a Brazilian association football team, crashed on takeoff from Associação Tocantinense de Aviação Aerodrome, a private airfield near Porto Nacional, Tocantins, Brazil. All six people on board were killed: four footballers, the team's owner, and the pilot. The team was en route to Goiânia for a regional cup football game between Palmas and Vila Nova, for the Brazilian Copa Verde championship.