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| Accident | |
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| 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[1] |
| 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,[2] including singer-songwriter Marília Mendonça.[3][4] The airplane involved belonged to PEC Aviation, a Brazilian air taxi operator.
- ^ "Linha de distribuição atingida por aeronave com Marília Mendonça está fora da zona de proteção do aeroporto de Caratinga, diz Cemig" [Distribution line hit by aircraft with Marília Mendonça is outside the protection zone of Caratinga airport, says Cemig]. GLOBO.COM (in Brazilian Portuguese). Grupo Globo. 6 November 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-11-06. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Avião de Marília Mendonça caiu a 4 km do aeroporto em Caratinga" [Marília Mendonça plane drops 4 km from the airport in Caratinga]. Estado de Minas (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-11-05. Archived from the original on 2021-11-05. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ "Marília Mendonça morre em acidente de avião na serra da Caratinga, em Minas Gerais" [Marília Mendonça dies in a plane accident in the Serra da Caratinga, in Minas Gerais]. El País Brasil (in Portuguese). 2021-11-05. Archived from the original on 2021-11-05. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ Benevides, Gabriel (2021-11-05). "Avião com cantora Marília Mendonça cai no interior de Minas Gerais" [Airplane with singer Marília Mendonça crashes in the interior of Minas Gerais]. AEROFLAP (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2021-11-05. Retrieved 2021-11-06.