Air accidents in Brazil reach 64 cases and 17 deaths in 2026; see FAB data

Plane crashes and hits building in Belo Horizonte; Globocop captured the moment of the accident Brazil had 64 plane accidents and 17 deaths in 2026, according to data from the Brazilian Air Force (FAB), through the Center for Investigation and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (Cenipa). The numbers consider occurrences registered until the end of April. In total, since 2016, the country has recorded 1,605 accidents and 779 deaths in aviation. 📱 Click here to follow the g1 channel on WhatsApp On Monday afternoon (4), a small plane crashed and hit a residential building in the Silveira neighborhood, in the Northeast region of Belo Horizonte. Five people were on board; the pilot and one passenger died, and three others were injured. No resident of the building was hit. VIDEO shows what the interior of the affected building looked like ‘Oh, it fell, the plane fell’: Globocop team witnessed the moment of the accident Recent history shows that, in 2025, Brazil recorded 153 accidents and 62 deaths, a number that is close to the pattern observed in most of the series. In the previous year, 2024, there were 175 accidents and 152 deaths, the highest number of victims in the recent series. Part of this total is related to the biggest air disaster in the country in 17 years, which occurred in August of that year. On that occasion, a Voepass plane crashed in Vinhedo, in the interior of São Paulo, during a flight between Cascavel (PR) and Guarulhos (SP), and left 62 people dead. The aircraft lost contact with air traffic control and crashed outside a house in a condominium. There were no survivors. After the accident, the National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac) suspended the company’s operations for safety-related reasons. In 2023, the country had 155 accidents and 78 deaths. In previous years, records were also close to this level (see below). 📍 Among the states with the highest number of accidents, São Paulo has 285, followed by Mato Grosso (196), Rio Grande do Sul (142), Minas Gerais (134), Paraná (106), Bahia (60) and Rio de Janeiro (42). Peaks in accidents and deaths occurred in 2024. Juan Silva/Arte g1 Main accident factors A Cenipa survey shows that part of the accidents are related to operational factors. Failures in technical performance account for 739 accidents, which include failures in flight conduct, planning, supervision and lack of pilot experience, in addition to a lack of management supervision. Psychological aspects appear next in 517 occurrences. Factors linked to the operational environment, such as weather conditions and external interference, total 94 cases. Airport infrastructure problems appear in 51 records, and medical factors, such as disorientation, visual illusions, alcohol, fatigue and medication use, in 45 accidents. Other factors include ergonomics (8), manufacturing (7), design (6), materials handling (5) and air traffic infrastructure (2), in addition to 90 cases classified as other. The pilot’s technical performance is the main factor in accidents. Juan Silva/Arte g1 Small plane crashes and hits a building in Belo Horizonte on May 4, 2026 Reproduction

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