2021 Piedade de Caratinga Beechcraft King Air crash
PT-ONJ, the aircraft involved, photographed in August 2021, less than 3 months before the accident. | |
| Accident | |
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| Date | 5 November 2021 |
| Summary | Collision with terrain in controlled flight, possible spatial disorientation, failure in flight planning and pilot error. |
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| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Beechcraft C90A King Air |
| Operator | PEC Aviation |
| Registration | PT-ONJ |
| Flight origin | Goiânia International Airport, Goiânia |
| Destination | Caratinga Airport, Ubaporanga, Brazil |
| Passengers | 3 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 5 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 5 November 2021, a Beechcraft C90A King Air, registered as PT-ONJ and serving as a air taxi, crashed in the Brazilian municipality of Piedade de Caratinga, Minas Gerais state, killing all five occupants, including singer Marília Mendonça. On that date, the singer, which flew with three passengers and two crew members to neighboring municipality Caratinga, where she was scheduled to perform.