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Date:	Sunday 29 October 2023
Time:	c. 06:30 LT
Type:	Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Owner/operator:	ART Táxi Aéreo Ltda
Registration:	PT-MEE
MSN:	208B0344
Year of manufacture:	1993
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Rio Branco–Plácido de Castro Int. Airport (RBR/SBRB), AC -    Brazil
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport, AC (RBR/SBRB)
Destination airport:	João Fonseca Airport
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, operated by ART Táxi Aéreo, crashed in a heavily wooded area shortly after takeoff from Rio Branco–Plácido de Castro International Airport (RBR/SBRB), Acre.
The twelve occupants perished and the aircraft was destroyed by fire.