2021 Piedade de Caratinga Beechcraft King Air crash
The aircraft involved in the accident, less than three months before the accident. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 5 November 2021 |
| Summary | Pilot error; controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Piedade de Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil 19°46′5.5″S 42°6′27.62″W / 19.768194°S 42.1076722°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Beechcraft C90A King Air |
| Operator | PEC Aviation |
| Registration | PT-ONJ |
| Flight origin | Goiânia International Airport, Goiânia |
| Destination | Ubaporanga Airport, Caratinga, Brazil |
| Passengers | 3 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 5 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 5 November 2021, a Beechcraft King Air on approach for landing to the Ubaporanga Airport in Piedade de Caratinga, near Caratinga, Brazil, crashed 4 kilometers from the runway, killing all five people on board, including singer-songwriter Marília Mendonça. The airplane involved belonged to PEC Aviation, a Brazilian air taxi operator.