2014 Santos Cessna Citation crash

2014 Cessna Citation 560 XLS+ crash

A Cessna Citation 560 XLS+ similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date	August 13, 2014 (2014-08-13)
Summary	Under investigation
Site	Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Cessna Citation 560 XLS+
Operator	Af Andrade Enterprises and Holdings Ltd
Registration	PR-AFA
Flight origin	Brasilia International Airport, Brasilia
Stopover	Londrina Airport, Londrina
1st stopover	Santos Dumont Airport, Rio de Janeiro
Destination	Santos Air Force Base, Santos, Brazil
Passengers	5
Crew	2
Fatalities	7
Injuries	11 on the ground
Survivors	0

On 13 August 2014 a Cessna Citation 560 XLS+ crashed whilst carrying Brazilian Socialist Party presidential candidate Eduardo Campos. All seven people aboard the airplane were killed in the accident, which took place around 10 AM BRT while trying to land at Santos Air Force Base, near the city of Santos, São Paulo. The pilot, co-pilot, a reporter, a photographer and two of Mr. Campos' campaign aides were among the dead. 1 week after the crash Mr. Campos was cremated in Recife.

Crash

Early in the campaign/formal debate phase of the 2014 presidential election season in Brazil on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at 09:50:18, the airplane Eduardo Campos was flying in, hit the ground at an urban residential area near 136 Rua Alexandre Herculano, Vahia, Rua de Abreu corner, near the Channel 3, seven blocks from the beach in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil. All seven occupants of the Cessna Citation XLS manufactured 2011 Business Jet registered PR-AFA died. (1) Eduardo Campos (2) Pedro Almeida Neto Valadares, 48, a lawyer, was a congressman from the state of Sergipe for three terms. Advisor to the presidential campaign. (3) Alexandre Severo Gomes da Silva, 36, born in Recife. Official photographer of the Campos campaign. (4) Carlos Augusto Ramos Leal Filho, 36 y.o. known as Carlos Percol, married since April 5, 2014 and worked as a counselor. (5) Marcelo de Oliveira Lyra married, had a daughter and worked as official videographer. (6) Magela Gerard Barbosa the wedge 45, a pilot for over 20 years. According to the family, he had accumulated more than 4,000 flight hours. Since June this year, he had worked for the campaign of fields. The wife of Gerard, Joseline da Cunha Amaral, was seven months pregnant. He left a four year old son. (7) Mark Martins, 42, pilot born in Cruzeiro do Oeste, in northern Paraná, formed by the Aero Club of Londrina and Maringa. Mark was married to Flavia Martins, 32, and left two sons.

Campos was due to attend a campaign event at the Port of Santos at 10:30. He had several other meetings in Santos that day and was supposed to fly back that afternoon of Santos Air Base Airport less than 12 kms from the port by road.   Possible explanations for the accident are:

(a) Catastrophic failure mechanics. Similar to the Cessna Citation crash Milwaukee June 4, 2007.

(b) Bomb/ Sabotage on Board. Jammed ailerons / Hydraulics / Leme. RC activated over from the ground. (Best line of sight would be from the Monte Serrat. Two opportunities to detonate. Morning and afternoon. Where was the airplane in the hangar before 30 days?)

(c) Pilot Error - wrong turn at high speed. Spatial disorientation ?

(d) Bird or small UAV sucked into the turbine engine created open catastrophic failure.

(e) Lightning.

(f) Pilot Suicide / Murder.

(g) Hijacking. One of the passengers took control of the direction of the pilot.

(h) Terrorism. Missiles from the ground.

(i) Time. Downdraft / severe turbulence.

(j) Ran out of fuel.

(k) Other.

Relevant Data about the Flight

Maximum Rate of Climb - Straight Ascent, no bank = 17.78 meters per second

Rate of Climb - Connect Banking = 8.89 meters per second

Possible Maximum altitude after 12 km arc of ascent = 2610 meters

Estimated altitude after 12 km turn banking arc of ascent = 1330 meters

Arc Distance of the center of the lane to just above the crash site = 12 km

Time of first approach runway of 1,330 m above the crash site = 2 minutes. 24 seconds

Height at the lowest point of the runway before going = 50 m

Accelerated to (approx.) = 300 kmh / 5 km p.m.

Speed ​​approached the runway to land first time = 200 kmh / 115 knots

Stall speed of the Cessna Citation XLS = 152 kmh

Terminal Velocity of 6000 kg Business Jet falling from 1,330 m = 574 kmh

Plane angle, nose first to hit the ground. = 80 degrees. Upside Down / Inverted

From the day after the accident on August 14 until September 1...

The Brazilian Stock Market rose 10.6%.

The chances of "Any other candidate except the incumbent" becoming President via Oddschecker plunged to 1-5 on.

It is almost 100% guaranteed that there will be a second round on October 26, 2014.

Santos

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Location of Santos within São Paulo, Brazil

Aftermath

All seven people on board the aircraft were killed. Identification of the remains was carried out through the study of dental records and DNA. The Flight Data Recorders / Cockpit voice Recorders did not record any of the previous conversations during the flight before it crashed.

Residents of the local houses were taken to hospital with injuries, one was released immediately, and five others were admitted with minor injuries: two children aged 1 and 9, three women, one of whom is elderly.