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Brazil - Força Aérea Brasileira

List being compiled and all additions / amendments welcomed

Chronological Listing of Brazilian
Losses & Ejections

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat
16th May 1961	FAB	Meteor F.Mk.8	4416
27th June 1961	FAB	Meteor F.Mk.8	4427
13th February 1962	FAB	Meteor F.Mk.8	4424
19th November 1962	FAB	Meteor F.Mk.8	4403
15th May 1963	FAB	Meteor F.Mk.8	4405
15th May 1963	FAB	Meteor F.Mk.8	4454
23rd October 1963	FAB	Meteor F.Mk.8	4421
?? ?? 1965	FAB	Meteor F.Mk.8	4418
19th February 1965	FAB	Meteor F.Mk.8	4450
25th March 1965	FAB	Meteor F.Mk.8	4418
18th May 1965	FAB	Meteor F.Mk.8 F-80C	4206		???????
30th August 1965	FAB	Meteor F.Mk.8	4459
22nd September 1965	FAB	Meteor F.Mk.8	4453
19th October 1967	FAB	Meteor F.Mk.8	4435
22nd June 1967	FAB	T-33A	4312
17th January 1968	FAB	TF-33A	4340
3rd June 1969	FAB	TF-33A	4359
20th October 1969	FAB	T-37C	879
25th March 1970	FAB	T-37C	884
30th September 1970	FAB	TF-33A	4366
4th November 1970	FAB	TF-33A	4330
10th November 1970	FAB	T-37C	889
27th April 1971	FAB	T-37C	899
13th June 1971	FAB	T-37C	914
10th July 1971	FAB	T-37C	913
10th July 1971	FAB	T-37C	916
19th October 1971	FAB	T-37C	877
15th March 1972	FAB	T-37C	901
10th April 1972	FAB	T-37C	924
29th August 1972	FAB	T-37C	872
4th April 1973	FAB	T-37C	926
3rd May 1973	FAB	TF-33A	4353
15th July 1973	FAB	T-37C	891
16th April 1974	FAB	MB326				ASP IAV X. A. Eder ejected		Martin-Baker
5th September 1974	FAB	Mirage 3EBR [F-103E ]	4921			????? ejected		Martin-Baker
18th September 1974	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4511
31st March 1975	FAB	MB326				ASP AV C.Neto ejected		Martin-Baker
22nd May 1975	FAB	F-5B	4801
24th June 1975	FAB	F-5E	4822
31st July 1975	FAB	MB326				ASP G. D. Arboes ejected		Martin-Baker
31st July 1975	FAB	MB326				TEN AV J. S. Tsuji ejected		Martin-Baker
2nd September 1975	FAB	F-103E (Mirage 3EBR)	4920			???		Martin-Baker
3rd September 1975	FAB	MB326				ASP AV Ribeiro ejected		Martin-Baker
10th September 1975	FAB	MB326				TEN Silva ejected		Martin-Baker
22nd October 1975	FAB	T-33A	4314
11th November 1975	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4479
26th January 1976	FAB	MB326				T. M. Antonio ejected		Martin-Baker
1st May 1976	FAB	MB326				ASP A. Muhl ejected		Martin-Baker
15th July 1976	FAB	MB326				ASP A. A. Ribeiro ejected		Martin-Baker
20th July 1976	FAB	MB326	4552			TEN R. V. Goltz ejected TEN M. L. Muller ejected TEN P. V. Rocha ejected TEN M. L. S. Rossi ejected who was in which aircraft???		Martin-Baker
20th July 1976	FAB	MB326	4552					Martin-Baker
20th July 1976	FAB	MB326	4553					Martin-Baker
20th July 1976	FAB	MB326	4553					Martin-Baker
31st July 1976	FAB	T-37C	874
12th August 1976	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4559
8th October 1976	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4522
13th October 1976	FAB	T-37C	871
13th October 1976	FAB	T-37C	908
14th October 1976	FAB	T-37C	911
27th October 1976	FAB	MB326				TEN M. S. O. Lima ejected		Martin-Baker
27th October 1976	FAB	MB326				TEN H. J. T. Moura ejected		Martin-Baker
28th March 1977	FAB	F-5E	4821
31st May 1977	FAB	T-37C	900
15th June 1977	FAB	MB326				Capt. L. M. Ticchetti ejected		Martin-Baker
15th June 1977	FAB	MB326				Ten. Mayo ejected		Martin-Baker
5th July 1977	FAB	MB326 AT-26 Xavante	4504			Ten. M.A.C. Azevedo ejected		Martin-Baker
5th July 1977	FAB	MB326 AT-26 Xavante	4504			Sgt. J.A.P. Filho ejected		Martin-Baker
8th July 1977	FAB	MB326				Ten. A.M.G. Filho ejected		Martin-Baker
26th July 1977	FAB	T-37C	915
4th August 1977	FAB	MB326 AT-26 Xavante	4497			Ten. A.I. Bittencourt ejected		Martin-Baker
4th August 1977	FAB	MB326 AT-26 Xavante	4497			Asp. A.F.C. Kauffmann ejected		Martin-Baker
4th August 1977	FAB	T-37C	929
26th August 1977	FAB	MB326				Asp. P.R. Pertusi ejected		Martin-Baker
10th April 1979	FAB	MB326 AT-26 Xavante	4544			TEN I. A. P. Xavier ejected		Martin-Baker
28th June 1979	FAB	F-103E (Mirage 3EBR)	4912			??? ejected		Martin-Baker
10th September 1979	FAB	F-5E	4843
16th September 1979	FAB	MB326 AT-26 Xavante	4549			???? ejected		Martin-Baker
10th October 1979	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4532
10th October 1979	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4556
16th February 1980	FAB	MB326				TEN AV G. D. Arboes ejected		Martin-Baker
21st March 1980	FAB	Embraer 326 EMB-326				TEN AV E. A. Eduardo Akira Furusawa ejected		Martin-Baker
FEEDBACK	Pilot name corrected 28th March 2008 following email from Leandro Marcos Evangelista
12th June 1980	FAB	MB326				ASP IAVC. F. P. Santos ejected		Martin-Baker
20th November 1980	FAB	F-103D (Mirage 3DBR)	4900			Lanzzarini ejected		Martin-Baker
8th April 1981	FAB	MB326				R. A. Nachmanowiks ejected		Martin-Baker
8th June 1981	FAB	F-5E	4833
18th August 1981	FAB	F-103D (Mirage 3DBR)	4902
19th May 1982	FAB	F-103D (Mirage 3DBR)	4903			??? ejected		Martin-Baker
19th May 1982	FAB	F-103D (Mirage 3DBR)	4903			???? ejected		Martin-Baker
28th July 1982	FAB	F-5E	4831
16th July 1984	FAB	Mirage				CNE O. V. Olivera ejected		Martin-Baker
25th July 1984	FAB	F-103D (Mirage 3DBR)	4905			CNEC. A. Silva ejected		Martin-Baker
10th August 1984	FAB	F-5E	4838
20th September 1984	FAB	F-5E	4855
28th May 1985	FAB	Tucano				??? ejected		Martin-Baker
29th May 1985	FAB	F-5E	4853
17th October 1985	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4583
28th October 1985	FAB	Tucano				Capt. J. R. Borin ejected other crew member ??? - did he eject ???		Martin-Baker
27th June 1986	FAB	F-103E (Mirage 3EBR)	4918			???? ejected		Martin-Baker
5th April 1987	FAB	T-27 Tucano EMB-312	1343
20th July 1987	FAB	T-27 Tucano EMB-312	1314
28th August 1987	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4526
16th September 1987	FAB	F-5E
25th November 1987	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4464
25th November 1987	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4536
?? ?? 1988	FAB	AT-26 Xavante
23rd February 1988	FAB	AT-26 Xavante
28th September 1988	FAB	F-103E (Mirage 3EBR)	4911
28th September 1988	FAB	F-103E (Mirage 3EBR)	4923
29th April 1989	FAB	F-103D (Mirage 3EBR)	4917
1st May 1989	FAB	T-27 Tucano EMB-312	1325
16th May 1989	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4484
27th November 1989	FAB	T-27 Tucano EMB-312	1305
15th February 1990	FAB	F-103D (Mirage 3DBR)	4907
16th May 1990	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4486
25th May 1990	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4496
31st October 1990	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4534
6th February 1991	FAB	T-27 Tucano EMB-312	1436
12th March 1991	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4546
12th March 1991	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4589
27th April 1992	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4618
22nd September 1993	FAB	Tucano			Near its base, Brazil	Lt. Torres ejected MAJ Crispim ejected Cadet A. M. C. Santos ejected who was in which aircraft ???		Martin-Baker
22nd September 1993	FAB	Tucano			Near its base, Brazil			Martin-Baker
22nd September 1993	FAB	Tucano			Santa Rita Farm Porto Ferreira, Brazil			Martin-Baker
22nd September 1993	FAB	Tucano			Santa Rita Farm Porto Ferreira, Brazil			Martin-Baker
22nd November 1993	FAB	T-27 Tucano EMB-312	1311
19th May 1994	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4550
19th August 1994	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4558
30th March 1995	FAB	AT-26 Xavante
1st May 1995	FAB	T-27 Tucano EMB-312	4581
12th May 1995	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	1445
29th June 1995	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4591
28th October 1995	FAB	F-5E	45824840
20th November 1995	FAB	F-5E	4868
1st November 1996	FAB	F-5F	4809
16th November 1996	FAB	F-5
16th November 1996	FAB	T-27 Tucano EMB-312	1320			ejected		Martin-Baker
6th June 1997	FAB	AMX	5532
15th June 1997	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4571
21st June 1997	FAB	AT-27 Tucano EMB-312	1350
4th August 1997	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4625
4th September 1997	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4599
12th November 1997	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4613
17th March 1998	FAB	F-5E	4872
27th April 1998	FAB	AT-27 Tucano EMB-312	1316
24th July 1998	FAB	EMBRAER AMX / A-1	5516
1st March 2000	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4517
2nd June 2000	FAB	AT-26 Xavante	4626
4th July 2000	FAB	AT-26 Xavante
13th June 2001	FAB	F-103E (Mirage 3EBR)	4928
27th December 2002	FAB	AT-26 Xavante EMB326GB	4595
7th March 2003	FAB	F-103E (Mirage 3EBR)	4930		Mechanical problems shortly after takeoff Friday from the Air Force Base in Anapolis, about 600 miles (960 kilometers) northwest of Rio de Janeiro
1st April 2003	FAB	T-27 Tucano EMB-312
1st April 2003	FAB	AT-26 Xavante EMB326GB	4516
Thursday 11th December 2003	FAB	T-26 Xavante EMB326GB			crashed near a state highway near the northeastern city of Recife
Thursday 11th December 2003	FAB	T-26 Xavante EMB326GB				Pilot ejected safely	Co-pilot ejected safely	Martin-Baker
13th February 2004	FAB	T-27 Tucano EMB-312			Flight training mission. Mid air collision crashed over an uninhabited area 10 km away from the city of Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, interior of the state of São Paulo	Major Luiz Francisco Tolosa ejected safely	CAN ANYONE CONFIRM WHICH CREW WERE IN EACH AIRCRAFT
13th February 2004	FAB	T-27 Tucano EMB-312				Captain Márcio Guimarães de Oliveira ejected safely
13th February 2004	FAB	T-27 Tucano EMB-312				Captain José Márcio de Almeida ejected safely
13th February 2004	FAB	T-27 Tucano EMB-312				Lieutenant Fabrício Calomeno Machado ejected safely
	"BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE OFFICIAL NOTE The Command of the Aeronautics informs the occurrence of aeronautical accident today, February 13, 2004, about the 09:50h (schedule of Brasília). Four pilots of the Brazilian air force ejected during a EDA´s flight training - known as Smoke Squadron - over an uninhabited area 10 km away from the city of Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, interior of the state of São Paulo. Involved them, Major Luiz Francisco Tolosa, Captain Márcio Guimarães de Oliveira, Captain José Márcio de Almeida and Lieutenant Fabrício Calomeno Machado, they were rescued quickly and they pass well. Two aircrafts T-27 Tucano EMB-312 TUCANO involved in the accident they collided with the soil with just material damage. The Command of the Aeronautics already began the investigations the factors that contributed to the accident.
4th April 2007	FAB	EMB-314 Super Tucano		1°/ 3° Gav Boa Vista, Roraima	Emergency landing near Boa Vista during storm	One pilot killed
4th April 2007	FAB	EMB-314 Super Tucano X 3		1°/ 3° Gav Boa Vista, Roraima	Emergency landing near Boa Vista during storm	MADE SAFE GROUND EGRESS
6th November 2006. 1845 local time	Brazilian Air Force	EMB 326 ( AT-26 Xavante)	FAB 4482	Squadron: 1º GDA Anapolis Air Force Base	Runway 06 crashed possibly due bird ingestion (1 to 4 birds) During runway collision (crashed); A/C on ground level with 110 KIAS	1st Flt Lt Paulo Roberto CURSINO Santos ejected		Martin Baker 04B
6th November 2006. 1845 local time	Brazilian Air Force	EMB 326 ( AT-26 Xavante)	FAB 4482	Squadron: 1º GDA Anapolis Air Force Base		sustained major injuries (column vertebral, right femur, coccix and right heel broken), was rescued by an Air Force team soon after the crash taken to the Emergency Hospital for treatment. Returned to fighter flight ativities on June 26th 2007
Saturday 1st December 2007 16:45	FAB	AT-26 Xavante EMB-326	FAB-4515	1/4 GAv Esqd Pacau	Engine problems, crashed near Formosa, Goias State	Capt Alexandre Salviatto, ejected safely		Martin-Baker
24th March 2008 14h:07	FAB	EMB-312 Tucano	FAB-1366	Academia da Força Aérea Campo Fontenelle Pirassununga, São Paulo	Suffered an engine malfunction while on a training flight over the northern sector of the AF Academy during touch and goes at air base			Martin-Baker BR8LC
						Cadete Aviador Rodrigo Janowski Zandoná (trainee)ejected safely	1º Tenente Aviador Marcelo Guimarães Resende (instructor) ejected safely	Martin-Baker BR8LC
						Both rescued by a helicopter of the Brazilian Air Force's SAR service that was on alert at th AF Academy


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Acknowledgements

1st Flt Lt Paulo Roberto CURSINO Santos
Members of the LAAHS
Scramble.nl
AFM (David Allport)
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(if I inadvertently omit your name from this listing PLEASE let me know to amend the listing)

FEEDBACK

Dear Mike,
You should correct some abreviations as follows:
- Tenente (Ten.) is the Portuguese way to write Lieutenant;
- Sargento (Sgt.) , to sergeant;
- Aspirante (Asp.), to a transient grade inmediately under 2º Lieutenant.
Maybe some war names are not correctly shown, so here they are:
1) 15th June 1977, MB326, Ten. Mayo and Capt. L. M. Ticchetti (not Tichetti);
2) 5th July 1977, MB326, Sgt. J.A.P. Filho and Ten. M.A.C. Azevedo;
3) 8th July 1977, MB326, Ten. A.M.G. Filho;
4) 4th August 1977, MB326, Ten. A.I. Bittencourt (not Bittercourt) & Asp. A.F.C. Kauffmann (not Kanffmann);
5) 26th August 1977, MB326, Asp. P.R. Pertusi.
Regards,
Romulo

NOTES TO INCLUDE

Hi all,

maybe this is new:
26 March 2002 5656 of 3/10 GAV crashed.
The article stated that this was the second AMX lost by FAB

FAB Perde Segundo AMX ( A1)

Santa Maria (RS)- 26 Março - 10H20min. Nesta hora a Força Aérea Brasileira,
perdeu o AMX, FAB 5656 (A1B), biplace, do 3º/10º GAV Esquadrão Centauro,
baseado na Base Aérea de Santa Maria (BASM). O avião, um dos últimos a serem
recebidos pelo 3º/10º GAV Esquadrão Centauro, tinha cerca de 200 horas
voadas. A missão era comandada pelo 1º tenente-aviador Clauco Fernando
Vieira Rosseto, 30 anos, e pelo 1º tenente-aviador Daniel Pinheiro da Silva
, 30 anos. Os pilotos se ejetaram e sofreram: um pequeno corte na cabeça
(Rosseto) e tornozelo quebrado (Daniel). É o segundo acidente, com perda
total, deste tipo de avião, que a FAB teve em 13 anos de operações. O AMX,
(A1), foi introduzido na FAB em 1989.

In English:

Saint Maria (RS) - 26 March - 10H20min. In this hour the Brazilian Air Force, lost the AMX, BAF 5656 (A1B), twin-seat, of 3º/10º GAV Centauro Squadron, based on the Air base of Santa Maria (BASM). The airplane, one of the last ones to be received for 3º/10º GAV Centauro Squadron, had about 200 flied hours. The mission was commanded for 1º Clauco lieutenant-aviator Fernando Vieira Rosseto, 30 years, and for 1º lieutenant-aviator Daniel Pine Da Silva, 30 years. The pilots if had ejected and suffered: a small cut in the head (Rosseto) and broken ankle (Daniel). It is as the accident, with total loss, of this type of airplane, that the BAF had in 13 years of operations. The AMX, (A1), was introduced in the BAF in 1989.

I know that another AMX crashed on 24 July 1998 (and this was the first?).
But another crashed BEFORE delivery to FAB, while still with EMBRAER. Was
this example replaced with a new, as it wasn’t delivered yet?
Scramble database also reported that another crashed during 1989 (no serial
given) but I think that is an error...
And there is also confusion in the database about 5500, that is reported
(but not confirmed) as ex 4202 and/or ex 5530

Any further info is welcome...

Brazilian Navy A-4 Skyhawks - to research

Hi!

First, sorry my English!
I was visiting your site and saw that you have a page dedicated to
Brazilian Air Force crashes.
Well, i have some info to help you.

June 7, 1997
A-1 AMX unit/serial 5532 crashed in a test flight one week before being
delivered to FAB.
Embraer's test pilot Alberto de Almeida Neto (48 year old - Ex-FAB) died
in the crash. He didn't eject.
Some people that saw the crash, said that he was doing some aerobatics
over a small town before loosing control and crash in the woods.
Others, said that the fighter was already in flames before the crash.
Here's a picture of the crash site, and some info in Portuguese language.
http://jornal.valeparaibano.com.br/1997/06/07/tau/foto-aviao.html

July 24, 1998
A-1 AMX unit/serial N/A crashed in a training flight near Santa Cruz AFB
- Rio de Janeiro.
Air Force pilot tenente-coronel aviador (lieutenant-colonel aviator)
César Bombonato (42 years old) died in the crash (he didn't eject).
When in a dive, he suffered spatial disorientation and crashed in the
sea. His plane broke in two parts.
He was the squadron commander at that time, and was training for the Red
Flag Exercice.
Some info about him:
-He created, in 1989, the patch for the new AMX sqdn (1º/16º Fighter
Aviation Group - Adelphi Sqdn).
http://www.abra-pc.com.br/adelfi-img.html
-He was an excellent photographer, and a book with his pictures was
published after his death.

That's all for now!

Eder

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