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Tropic Air Táxi Emergency Landing in São Paulo

Tropic Air Táxi Emergency Landing in São Paulo


What: Tropic Air Táxi Aéreo Cessna 525B CitationJet CJ3 en route from Florianópolis to São Paulo
Where: São Paulo-Congonhas Airport Brazil
When: Nov 11, 2012
Who: 2 crew, 1 passenger
Why: The corporate jet sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion. The captain, co-pilot and passenger were all injured on landing three people were injured, one with head trauma, one with chest injuries one hospitalized with lumbar spine injury. The plane landed, bounced and continued down a slope where it crashed at the perimeter fence near Avenida dos Bandeirantes.

Metars at the time were SBSP 111900Z 30009KT 9999 SCT045 31/14 Q1012 [19:00 UTC: Winds: 300 degrees at 9 knots; Visibility: 10+ km; scattered clouds at 4500 feet AGL; Temperature 31°C, Dewpoint 14°C; Pressure 1012 mb]

SBSP 112000Z 16013KT 9999 SCT045 28/18 Q1012 [20:00 UTC: Winds: 160 degrees at 13 knots; Visibility: 10+ km; scattered clouds at 4500 feet AGL; Temperature 28°C, Dewpoint 18°C; Pressure 1012 mb]

The accident closed Congonhas Airport for an hour afterwards. At the time of the accident, the plane was in good standing with the Annual Maintenance Inspection (AMI) and the Certificate of Airworthiness (CA) was valid until November 2013.

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