# NTSB DCA97WA004: Fokker 100, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 31, 1996

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 31, 1996
- Place: Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 97 fatal, 4 serious, 2 minor; on the ground: 2 fatal, 4 serious, 2 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11032
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA97WA004
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11032/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA97WA004

## Aircraft

- Registration: PTMRK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Fokker 100
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Tam
- Departed: SBSP
- Destination: SBRJ, RIO DE JANEIRO, OF
- Flight plan: IFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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