Brazilian air force investigates fatal display team crash

[Cj27]

There has been a fatal crash in Brazil involving a very experienced pilot of a Embraer T-27.
During the display, the pilot went into a steep climb and doing left hand rolls. Then the aircraft turned sharply towards the ground, achieving wings level before slamming into the ground.
The pilot was sadly died on impact.

The following videos shows the aircraft during the fatal event.



FlightGlobal News Story source: link

[Mayfly]

All accidents are very, very sad.

Is this the equivalent of our Tucano?

[Cluny]

:( All accidents are very, very sad.

Is this the equivalent of our Tucano?

The Tucano was developed from the T-27 .
RIP

[Gaz]

Looks like the poor sod didn't have a chance

Very sad

[Nickolas]

Very sad indeed.

to me it looks like he just ran out of sky.

[Spitfire]

Yes - if only that piece of ground had been a few feet lower he'd have made it

[Baz62]

Hell thats awful. We had a Chipmunk do something similar at a Wanaka airshow several years ago. He did a half loop (probably last part of a cuban 8?) and at the bottom he hit the ground. The fuselage was intact and slid along the ground perfectly upright but both wings flew off. Pilot was alive when they got him out but sadly passed way not long after.