Accident Boeing 737-2M9 PP-SPJ,

Date:	Sunday 26 January 2003
Time:	14:15
Type:	Boeing 737-2M9
Owner/operator:	VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo
Registration:	PP-SPJ
MSN:	21236/461
Year of manufacture:	1976
Total airframe hrs:	54989 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 93
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport, AC (RBR) - Brazil
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Manaus-Eduardo Gomes International Airport, AM (MAO/SBEG)
Destination airport:	Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport, AC (RBR/SBRB)
Investigating agency:	CENIPA
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The VASP Boeing 737 was approaching runway 06 when it entered a fog bank. The flight descended below MDA until hitting a tree. The plane then crash-landed, causing the undercarriage to collapse. The aircraft sustained severe structural damage.

Accident investigation: